Konoha

[Komori Kazemaru]

Sasuke felt, in the least, pathetic. He was watching his friend dying in front of him and there was nothing he could do. He felt as helpless as he had when he watched Itachi kill his very own parents. He bared his teeth and without thinking, threw a kunai at the ghost. It simply went right through her. She turned to face Sasuke and laughed cruely at his feeble attempt to help Kamuchi.

Komori heard screaming as she slowly came to. She looked around, and as her vision cleared, she saw Twilight, nudging her awake. She blinked and saw Kamuchi and that ghost. She slowly staggered upright. "K-Kamuchi...just...get out...of there," she coughed and her legs buckled as she threw up everything she had ate the previous day. She shoved herself roughly upright, forcing her legs to be steady and using the wall for support.

[Kamuchi Saigo]

Kamuchi summoned all the courage she had left and concentrated her Ryuugan, spotting another ghost in the room she squinted. The faint outline of a guy floated, but he was trembling, blood spattered around his chest. She reached out to him. "You're... the... guy..." she struggled to breathe, "Please...stop her." Suddenly her eyes went blank as her arm fell limp at her side.

[Komori Kazemaru]

Komori fell into a coughing fit, blood spraying from her lips. She looked feebly up at the haunting spirit looming over her. "Why?" she rasped, raising a hand to point weakly at the ghost. "Why...her? She didn't...she...didn't..." Komori's concious was slowly slipping away from her...she shook her head in an attempt to wake herself, but soon she collapsed onto her knees and wretched up blood. Then, she slumped over and let the darkness envelope her.

[deathsrainbow]

Tamako approached the dark inn, her short locks already soaked by the pouring rain. Her oilcloth cloak wasn't doing much good; it was heavy and smelled absolutely HORRIBLE. She knocked once on the wooden door, and a very weary face emerged.

"Can I help you, young lady?"

Tamako thought for a moment. She was from the Middle Kingdom, only sent here to study and become stronger. Ugh, she thought, remembering the scattering of words between her father and grandfather. The real reason why they sent me here was because they want me to become manly. She almost barfed, but made sure her tongue was functioning correctly in Japanese and replied to the man.

"Is there any space left here, good sir?"

The man pointed. "Up the stairs. There's already five people in that one room...and it's haunted, I suppose...but it'll do for you, wont it?"

Ghosts. Zhen shi de. No matter where she went in this foreign place, there was always some sort of trouble. Not peaceful at all, like China had been. She rubbed her jade buddha pendant at her neck and begged for Kwanyin to protect her. She shouldered her knapsack firmly and trudged upstairs. Ghosts.
Thanking the man from the top of the stairs, she managed to find the right room and opened the wooden door. Here goes...

She stared at the floor, and the walls, and the two unconscious ninja girls on the floor. A third had fainted, and there were two boys, about her age, white-faced looking around, alert. They were SO shinobi.

She couldn't help but let out a gasp. THen she frowned.

"And you two boys call this being brave! Yeah, brave my butt!"
She called upon Kwanyin to realign her qi, polished her palms together, and activated her ultimate power.

Her whole body burst into flames. The jade ring on her thumb glittered with energy.

[Komori Kazemaru]

Sasuke spun around to face the newcomer, eyes glittering with anger at the insult. "Not like you can do any better; she's a ghost!" Sasuke snapped.

"Komori!" Twilight howled and ran to his sister's side. Komori did not respond to Twilight's cries.

[deathsrainbow]

Ooooh. Now that burnt. She winced at the insult, and then took a better look at the insulter.

He was tall and dark, and had a pretty face. Otherwise, he looked pretty mean. He looked all cold and not nice at all, and also a little emo. SHe stared at his very red face, and tried her best to apologize. "Look, I'm sorry about that...I just didn't expect this situation be so bad." THen she thought.

So, if this creature is a yin type...she eyed the faint outline carefully, trying to gather her thoughts. Then we'll just have to face it with yang energy, she thought. That ghost was totally out of balance. Too much yin in general.

She spoke to the strange, MEAN boy. "I really do apologize for what I said. I'm Tamako, and here's what I think about our problem." SHe took a deep breath.

"Do you know any fire techniques?"

[Komori Kazemaru]

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, then nodded slowly. "Why?"

[deathsrainbow]

Okay. So now she had to explain to a Japanese boy the whole concept of yin and yang. And the chances were very tiny that he'd believe.

She began, trying to abridge the whole explanation, since they apparently had very little time. Judging by the ghost's floaty movements. "Okay, so this is basically how I came up with the fire power kind of conclusion. In China, everything is either yin or yang. Yin is negative space, and usually pertains to the dead and ghosts in general. Yin is dark, empty, cold, and very quiet. Yin is also feminine, and people who are too yin are usually quiet and very seclusive.
"On the other hand, yang is all light, fire, and positive space. It's the total opposite of yin. I'm pretty sure that this particular ghost has too much yin, if we put her into balance again, perhaps she will leave us in peace. So...you wanna try?"

[Komori Kazemaru]

Sasuke nodded, although a bit reluctantly. He quickly slapped his hands together and began to perform handseals. Bird, boar, horse, tiger. He pulled his hands apart, focusing his chakra into his chest, then, putting two fingers in front of his lips, he forced the chakra out his throat, spewing a sphear of flame at the ghost. "Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" the flame englufed the ghost quickly. He wiped a bit of soot from his cheek and watched to see what would happen.

"Komori! Komori wake up!" Twilight nudged Komori. Slowly, Komori woke up. She immedietly began to cough and blood spattered across the floor as it sprayed out from her lips. She wiped her mouth roughly with her sleeve and looked up to see a stranger. "What...?" she snapped into a fully alert state. She didnt enjoy strangers all that much and was a bit nervous to see one standing in front of her.

[deathsrainbow]

Tamako saw the girl and the wolf, and she saw the girl cough, too. She saw the weird stare, and she was hurt a little. was everyone here really that wary about strangers? What did she ever do? Smiling at the girl in an attempt to create a bridge, she turned quickly back to watching the ghost burn in the flames.

[Kamuchi Saigo]

Kamuchi's eye fluttered open as she jolted upright into a fighting stance. Upon seeing the ghost engulfed in flames she spun around quickly and glared at Sasuke. Catching sight of the look on his face she turned towards the only new face she saw. "What the hell did you do?!" she seethed breathing heavily while leaning on Kiba for support. "I asked you a question, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!"

[Komori Kazemaru]

Sasuke took a small step back. He didnt expect the ghost to light on fire, just for the bad energy to burn off. He thought that the fire might HELP the ghost, not destroy it. He glared at the new girl, eyes brimming with a new anger. They had failed part of their mission. "You idiot!" he seethed. "Look at what you have done! I thought you said it would get rid of the negative energy, not destroy it!"

Komori then noticed the ghost, the misunderstood ghost that they had meant to free, not kill. She glared up at the newcomer as well. Twilight backed away a couple steps as Komori tried to stand, but fell, her legs too shakey and weak from the coughing. "No..." she rasped, looking at the slowly burning corpse. "What...what have you...done?" she said in between gasps. Twilight nudged her back down as she tried to stand unsuccessfully, whispering to her for her to rest. She shook head, swallowing down the bloody ichor that was creeping up her throat. She began to cough again and was forced into a feeble, crouching posision. She swore silently to herself.

[deathsrainbow]

"I did free it, smart one!" THis was pathetic. It was useless trying to explain to this pigheaded boy, and she was slowly becoming impatient. She stared at the boy, and noticed a slight bulge on his right cheek. Ha. A pimple. Serves you right.

"Listen, what you see burning is nothing but the ghost's carnal form. Her spirit has already left, and we're pretty much safe now!"

[Komori Kazemaru]

"Idiot, we werent supposed to cause the spirit to leave, but to reunite her with him!" Sasuke pointed at the bloody male ghost, who was suspended in midair, doing nothing but staring at the air ahead of him.

Slowly, Komori's coughing ceased for a while. She wiped her mouth and glared up at the girl. "You...who are you?" Komori croaked weakly.

[Kamuchi Saigo]

"I take it your a priest? Or a guardian?" Kamuchi growled, wincing from the pain. "No? Didn't think so, I'M from the Saigo Clan, I'M the one who can communicate with ghosts! And you know what?! I'M the one who cares about the feelings of which ghosts hold!" She staggered to get up using Kiba as support once again. "We're not here for us, WHY DO YOU THINK WE EVEN CAME ON THIS MISSION IF WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE DANGER?! We came, fully prepared to give our lives for our client, for our pride and for the ghost."

"The only reason the ghost's spirit still lingered in the living world was because she wanted help, but you sensed danger, you sensed fear, and without even knowing what the situation was you JUMPED IN! You did the last thing any sensible person would. You. Sent. Her. To. Hell." Kamuchi snarled coughing up blood yet again, "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"