Beyond the Red Clouds

@ beautiful monotony

Sora nodded and straightened herself as she brought back the delightfully subtle humor that had going before they stopped for lunch, "Do we get to move a little faster now that the tortoise has had his lunch?" She grinned from under her hat and twitched her fingers under her extra long sleeves, this hare was itching to get moving. It didn't matter that she'd skipped lunch, her body was used to it, she wanted to actually get moving. Sora hated this turtles-pace they had going before the short break, she wanted to run through the trees, race between the branches... Do the things Kisame let her do when the two of them traveled. Of course, she realized that wasn't a realistic wish, seeing as she was with Itatchi and Kisame, but a girl could dream of running in the forest no matter who she was with.

@ anima d'amore;;

Itatchi let out a soft snort before he had a chance to contain it. "And here I actually believed it when you said the hare would bow to the tortoise's judgement," he drawled, giving a short shake of his head that sent the bells of his hat to tinkling. He truly detested these hats, and not for the first time, considered simply cutting the bell away. He could see no purpose in its existence after all... but then he knew better. Just because the reason wasn't obvious to others didn't mean that there wasn't one. "I suppose we can move a little faster," he conceded. "Only just try to remember that we are supposed to be partners for the time being, and we are considered enemies by most of the ninja world. If nothing else, we need to remain in eyesight of each other at all times." He and Kisame had a sort of unspoken agreement on such things built from years of partnership, but he felt the need to explain with Sora, whom he didn't know much of anything about.

@ beautiful monotony

Sora lifted her hand and waived away his comment and joked, "Yes, yes, yes, tortoise-sensei." She let a small laugh escape her as she dropped her hand and looked out at the forest before them. "I'm very much aware of those things but... C'mon. Let's live a little, there's nothing out there we can't take." She grinned under her hat, her voice's monotone wavered as she felt hersd get more excited to actually get moving. He couldn't be this slow all of the time, surely he could naturally move faster than this, so why bother to go so slow?

@ anima d'amore;;

Itatchi sighed quietly, fairly certain that Sora would not even be able to hear the tiny exhale of breath. She was obviously the sort of person who was constantly in motion, most likely rushing into everything without time to think it through first. It was just his luck that he would be stuck as partner to someone like this. Was the Akatsuki attempting to test his patience now? "That is exactly the sort of mentality that will get you killed. It's better to be wary. Then you aren't surprised when the worst happens," he advised her. Then he nodded his head in the direction they were headed in. "Let's get moving."

@ beautiful monotony

Had Sora not been wearing the hat, Itachti would have seen her dramatic eye roll with absolutely no struggle. It wasn't his fault though, the man knew absolutely nothing about her and just how well that mentality had served her thus far. Instead she just went where he directed. Sora launched herself up into the treetops with ease and silent grace, if she was going to be permitted to move she was going to do so in a way that suited her. Jogging between the tree roots was not her way, she wanted to bounce between the branches. Just as she readied herself to really get moving she heard a grouping of gruff voices and heavy footsteps. "Itachti," she whispered and pressed herself against the core of the tree, into the shadows the leaves provided.