questioningly to the person behind, whom she had not yet been able to see. He was at least two heads shorter than the other and had long black hair that was loosely tied in a braid and clung to his back, which the woman did not see, but suspected. His body was also wrapped in the same cloak that literally hid half of his face. But what she could see told her that this man must be very handsome. This noticed their sampling and came out from behind the larger one. He nodded silently to her, easily overlooked, which was supposed to mean as a sign of greeting and ran to another corner of the shop.

"In this department you will find the masks and here the dresses and cloaks." The owner pointed in the respective directions. Again the black-haired one only nodded, but did not look at her anymore and took a black and simple mask that would cover the upper half of a face and with the coat all of it."May I ask, do you need clothes for the carnival?"
"Carnival?" was it a little confused by this oversized, blue giant, as she would put it, a shark person?

"What do you do there?" he asked again, turning to the woman. "It's a tradition that happens every year." the black-haired one came before the woman.
"You seem to be well versed in such things, Itachi." The latter did not look at his partner and grabbed a large dark green coat. He went silently to the cash register with the two items. The saleswoman immediately followed the Uchiha and collected the corresponding money.

“Kisame, hurry up.” “I'm already done.” Kisame also put his clothes on the cash register and gave the woman the money. He looked at the woman with an intimidating grin on his face.

“They have a nice little shop there.” The woman paused for a moment, but managed to counter something with an artificial smile. "Thank-you." It didn't come across as encouraging as intended, but the person opposite didn't reply.
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"Shika, be so nice and please bring the rest of the clothes up." Ino called down the stairs. "Yes, yes, I plan to. How can you be so annoying." the brown-haired mumbled annoyed. Vera stayed upstairs with Ino, the two of them had been talking together the whole time and now and then cleared away the dirt that had accumulated in the apartment over time. Those stairs were so steep and small too. With every slight movement the old wood groaned, as if it would break in two at any moment. Cursing, he carefully went down the ladder, as he said, but suddenly stopped. Hadn't he just heard a voice that was far too familiar to him? He slowly tilted his head to one side so that he could see something from below. The ladder was on the side of the store so it wouldn't catch the eye of every customer.

"Thank you, goodbye."He heard the friendly voice of Vera's mother. Two figures ran past under him. Shikamaru automatically held his breath. That was it. Did you notice him? The Uchiha ran silently towards the exit, but the shark man turned to her again." Woman around and briefly flashed big teeth. Was it really the two of Akatsuki's? Or was this some kind of illusion? Was there some magician trying to play a prank on him? No, impossible. Who should know this Nuke-nin, if you please. They were just known among the ninjas. Or did some magicians know about them? No. The Nara gently inhaled and exhaled some oxygen. Calm. Stay calm and you would not notice him. When he heard and saw the doorbell, As two figures moved away, he quickly jumped down the ladder and looked over at the owner, who just looked at him in confusion.
"Why such a straight face?" "Are you okay?" she nodded hastily.

"Y-yes." Totally at the end of his nerves, Shikamaru took a deep breath. Why should these felons harm a poor woman, he thought ironically. Damn it.
"I thought you closed the shop?"
"Well, I forgot, good that you told me now." Said this thoughtfully and walked to the door to lock it. The Nara looked quietly out of the shop window. It was still raining, he realized. They had stayed here for a very long time because when they reached the city the sky was almost clear. In this city the weather conditions could change suddenly. Still staring out the window, he considered. The Akatsuki were gone. Or should he go out again as a precaution? He could hardly see anything through the heavy rain.

“Say Miss.” “You can call me Ilka, but some people also call me Milka.” She interrupted him and looked at the boy with relief. Those guys from just now had really scared her.The brown-haired one silently turned his head to the woman. Milka. Did they name themselves here after products?

"Good Ilka, if these guys from before show up again, let us know. They are very dangerous and I wonder why they didn't notice me." A little laugh made him look up questioningly.

"What's so funny about that?" "Are you here or not? And the men from just gone."
Ok, this Ilka was crazy, Shikamaru concluded, looking at the sturdy woman strangely. Didn't this woman know any fruit? He didn't even want to imagine what these two felons might have done to her if she had said something wrong or something like that. But suddenly something specific tore him out of his thoughts when he saw how Ilka's face slowly but clearly darkened and her mouth opened a small crack.

“Say you're a ninja and these guys too, right.” It wasn't a question, but a statement that this woman tossed at him just like that, without a bit of indecision in her voice. What now? Should he tell the truth. How would she react? Was she a magician at all? As well as how she behaved and looked, she wasn't in his opinion, but who knew how a magician behaved and lived. He does not. He wasn't. Slowly it became critical and sweat formed on his forehead. He was actually in the trap of a strange woman. He lowered his eyelids in silence. What if he lied to her, would she know? Could a magician tell if someone is lying or not? In this situation he would like to know. He looked silently at the owner of the shop.

"How do you come up with that? And do you lump us together with the strangers?"
That low, amused laugh again. A faint smile had settled on her face and looked at the Nara.

"Well, very easy.Mages can track down auras and you don't have an aura, you have something else, just I don't know, that's why I guessed it because I couldn't think of anything else at the moment. So you are a ninja. And to the second question, no. "With a questioning look he looked at the red-haired woman.

“Why not.” “Because you were worried about me earlier when these two strangers were here. If they were allies, you would definitely not have reacted that way.” The brown-haired nodded grumbling and stroking his hair. This woman was good, he had to admit this now at the latest. Were all women like that here? That would be pretty, well, how should he put it, annoying.
Ilka impatiently put her arms on her hips and stared at the Nara.

“So you're a ninja or not.” “Yes, we're on a mission here.” Satisfied, the woman nodded and began to grin, which the brown-haired just couldn't understand. Women had always confused him. Sighing, he made the same position as his counterpart.

“Well, what happens to us now, since a magician knows that we are here.” “Why should something happen to you? I was only interested. The border of our city has been open for years, so you have the right here Somehow very relieving to hear this, the ninja thought immediately, but why had he not known this important detail. An unexpected yawn told him to postpone this until another time. Probably the Tsuande just forgot to tell you this, because she had more sake in her head than anything else.

"Someone is very tired and exhausted. Off to bed. We'll talk about it again tomorrow, good night." This ended the conversation for Ilka and gave Nara a kiss for the air, which actually encouraged the brown-haired to go upstairs, yes with all the fabrics jammed under my arm.

"And tomorrow I want to know a little more about you Shinobis."A female voice called up the stairs.
An annoyed groan was the answer, whereupon the owner had to shake her head and laugh. Hadn't the boy said something about his other friends? He'd have to go looking for them tomorrow.
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The blue-eyed Yamanaka was giggling with Vera in a small kitchen, talking. Strangely enough, the Ino felt very comfortable in her presence and had lost all her tension because of the strange city.
“You know, and if I don't see him, then I just have to watch out for an annoying sigh, so I always know where he's hiding." The blonde said, amused, and leaned on the tabletop.

"Huh? Cool, I want a friend like that too." It came from the brown-haired one in admiration, but looked at her counterpart in amazement when she began to cough violently and almost had to spit out her drink. At a loss, the little one jumped up and patted her briefly on the back, which is why Ino laughed even more and waved her hand.
"How do you come to the conclusion that we are a couple?" came it shocked by the blonde. Somewhat embarrassed, the little one tapped her fingers against each other, which reminded the Yamanaka very much of Hinata.

"Well, you guys argue and treat each other like you're a couple," she muttered. Ino had to giggle softly at the thought. Shikamaru would be far too lazy and sleepy for her. But he was kind of cute. She quickly shook her head, whereupon Vera looked at her questioningly.

"No, we've only been on one team for a long time, you know? Ninjas usually fight in a team or at least in pairs, so a surprise attack from the enemy is not that high." Explained the older one. Vera listened attentively and got up. Ino had managed to change the subject without the little girl noticing.
“I think ninjas are cool, will you take me on a mission with you?” Excited, she looked at Ino and ran over to the sink to sit on.With her feet dangling, she said she