Re: Chapter 4: Homecoming
Upon hearing footsteps coming in their direction, Nori turned her head and saw Lord Sasuke coming towards them. She stood upright and fixed her posture before she bowed her head towards him. It was when he began to speak about one of them in the group being mentally unstable that she lifted her head up and looked at him. She blinked. For a second, she thought it was herself as she had made it quite evident from her past emotional states, but now she was thinking with a more clear head. Although, she couldn't very well deny that she would let her emotions get in the way again. She didn't want them to, but she was an emotional person by nature so not letting them get in the way was perhaps impossible. At least when it came to the people and the things that were important to her. She had to go into not just this assignment, but future assignments with a clear head. She couldn't let herself get emotional no matter how much she wanted to. It was just as she was about to open her mouth and speak that she heard Nanami raise her voice. She turned her head and looked over at her friend, listening to what she said. A lot had happened and it had effected them all to some degree. They had all felt different things, but there was one thing they all had felt and that was hate for the man that had yet to reveal his true identity to anyone. That one emotion was one that was a key in their connection. They had their reasons for wanting that man to be gone and he knew what they were. This was all just a game to him. He set up the pieces exactly where he wanted them and at the moment, they were in the palm of his hand just waiting to see what he was going to do next. A war was happening and they were all apart of it now. And they all had to do their part. Nori knew that.
All the great nations were feeling fear right now because of this one man and his army of corrupted shinobi. She was sure that he had greater things in store for them, but it was obvious taking out as many of the nations as possible was a goal. Casualties didn't seem to matter to him. To Kotatsu...or Ryuu. And now...Sigmund. She did fear what would become of him if he were to continue siding with them. It scared her to know that this darkness in his heart may be there forever. But she...she wanted to stop it no matter how impossible it may have seemed. It was no surprise to her that the darkness started in someone's heart, but she had hope that it could stop. It was just...they all had to want to stop it on their own. That was what Sigmund needed to do, but would he? After speaking to their sensei for a brief moment, Lord Sasuke had turned his attention back towards them. Nori knew what she had to do and right now she knew she had to focus on stopping this war. Once he disappeared, she turned her head and looked over at Sarada. "I know we made a lot of mistakes in our past assignment, sensei, but we want to do what we can to make up for those mistakes. We want to show you our want and need to change in our efforts. We don't...we don't want to disappoint anyone ever again. We won't. I can't promise you that we won't, but...we want to do our best not to. There's too much at stake to do that again, so whatever the challenge is this time, we are ready to face it together," she told their sensei as she looked straight into her eyes with a solemn expression.