village

As izanagi and tomoe walked through the marshy forest they talked about many things from clans to jutsu to even kekkei genkais they talked about it all for 30 minutes straight the conversations only stopped because they were already on the tree line of the forest "how are you holding up" asked izanagi as he leaned on a tree trunk looking at tomoe who was also leaning against a tree across from him "it's fine for now you said there was a village nearby how long away is it?" Said tomoe while asking a question of her own although she was recovering well she can't be walking forever her injuries will 100% flare up "well it's 10 minutes from here that's the place I use to resupply it should have enough supplies for us" said izanagi as he looked of into the distant swamp like flat lands where he could see the outline of small wooden walls "let's go" said izanagi as he started to walk into the swampy followed by tomoe while they made theyre way to the small village both of them could be seen walking on the occasional small bodies of water they encountered izanagi was enjoying himself and training while tomoe just didn't have the mobility to avoid and didn't fancy getting cold and wet while she was still missing a lot of blood and feeling weak, very soon they made it to the vicinity of the small village well small is very accurate it had short wooded walls no more than 3 meters tall the entire village was surrounded by a small moat filled with water except for the small pathway to the village gate there were around 10 guards all wearing light armor as they approached the village the guards could already see them and were a bit uneasy they see them walking on water although ninjas weren't uncommon as lords are hiring them all over the world and a lot go out to buy supplies for themselfs or clans but this still couldn't help the guards feel a bit nervous everytime he sees ninjas because the stories surrounding them sounds superhuman and surreal most importantly all the stories depicted ninjas as cruel

Walking up the narrow pathway to the villages gate izanagi who was unfortunately soaked head to toe with only his armor on sadly his robe got destroyed by a certain someone well as izanagi looked at the guard who was infront of the village gate he couldn't help shake his head it's a small village he never expected much and it's the first time he came here openly as a ninja but this level of professionalism is still a bit short I mean he can't do nothing fuck around get a bounty placed on your head by the country lord and your as good as dead, walking up to the nervous man izanagi tried to pull off his most friendly smile as he asked "hello is there an entrance fee?" The guard was momentarily stunned before he violently shamed his head saying "no no esteemed sir you don't have to pay" said the guard as he quickly opened the gate the guards on the wall didn't blame him they would of done the same soon enough izanagi and tomoe were walking through the small villages main road well it's only road as they walked the place was rather deserted which was odd it's early in the morning izanagi ofcourse knew what was going and asked tomoe "am I that scary?"

Tomoe who was walking like a robot behind izanagi just looked at him with a deadpan face hearing his question then looked away continuing to look at the houses meanwhile izanagi saw this and already knew the answer the cool and awesome ninja lord image he wanted to established got crushed before he could even establish it before long he finally saw a person it was a man he walked absent minded and a bit tipsy but when he saw tomoe and izanagi he instantly turned around and walked the other way as fast as possible but ofcourse a normal person can't get away

"Why are you running I just want to talk" said izanagi a little annoyed he couldn't even establish his noble image and then this guy ran away like he is the plague meanwhile the normal person with a bitter face said "you misunderstood me esteemed lord I didn't see you and had urgent matters to attend too" said the man with a pitiful face it was almost so pitiful izanagi would of thought he just lost his family "okay whatever I need you to take me to an inn" said izanagi as he brought out 1000 ryo which stunned the man "take me there and this money is yours"