Tales of a Ninja Magician: Of Where We Come From

Sick World for Sick People

As the day was approaching its end, Mana and Kiyomi continued to wander forward through the Fire Country's forests. They had already passed the incredibly rich trade route that lead to Shukuba pleasure town, the three decided recently that staying there would be counterproductive. While both girls could've used a warm room and a bed, those simple pleasures had to be given up on when the two heard about the prices. It appeared that Hisako, the raven-haired assassin from the Yoruma clan was to blame for all of the trio's troubles.

First of all, Mana and Kiyomi could've easily fit into a single room but the policy was that three people had to rent out two rooms. Even a single room would've drained the funds meant for hiring a mercenary, something that the magician and the Yamanaka would have to do, now that Hisako proved herself to be completely insane. 

Even more, with the black haired assailant being tied up she was moving at a turtle's pace, there was no malice from her side, she just couldn't move too fast as her legs were restrained and her hands were tied quite firmly. Mana knew which knots could've been escaped from and which couldn't, she's been doing it for the greater part of her life after all. Even the Academy "Rope Escape Jutsu" couldn't have helped Hisako with those knots.

And so since the funds needed to be conserved, their prisoner kept in their sight at all times, also the mission implied urgency needed, with the life of a youngster being in question, the three needed to pass right through the pleasure town. Kiyomi was quite rough on the young woman, the Yamanaka kept dragging the woman around like her dog and appeared to greatly enjoy this. Mana asked if it was her turn to keep Hisako on her check and the Yamanaka denied it multiple times. It was a chore to keep the woman on watch and drag her around, still, it was a chore that Kiyomi had taken great pleasure in doing. After almost getting impaled by the Chuunin and having to spend most of her chakra on that incomplete augmentation she must've been tired too...

To Mana, such hate and severity towards a fellow ninja seemed excessive but the magician had decided to show respect towards Kiyomi's approach after the blonde showed so much respect towards Mana's by not killing the woman when she had the chance. The Yoruma was so quiet and submissive the whole way after her attack that Mana almost forgot that the woman had just tried to kill them. Well, technically, if her statement was to be trusted she just wanted to mess with her comrades but Mana's "rough" approach pissed her off. Apparently, in Hisako's mind it was OK to almost kill her comrades but when they as much as touched her in defense they had to get tortured and killed...

"Can you believe those Yoruma?" Kiyomi grunted aggressively yanking Hisako's rope to the point where the rope had burned some nasty wounds on the woman's hands and body where it came in direct contact with the woman's skin. Even if those rope burns were supposed to hurt the woman didn't as much as a moan, she just stayed completely quiet and didn't even flinch even when her wounds turned crimson red and were about to draw blood.

"I'm sorry, I am unfamiliar with the Yoruma except some small bits I've heard from my old team about Yoruma torture being the worst there is," Mana replied quietly, still wondering if she wouldn't have been out of line to ask Kiyomi take it a little easy on their prisoner. The magician wasn't even a fan of having her around, after all, if the mercenaries refuse to take Hisako in and deliver her to Konoha they'll have to go on a mission they have no hopes of completing with an offended Yoruma prisoner who was ready to slit their throats at the moment they make a mistake and let down their guard.

"I mean, they keep pulling shit like this off, once a Yoruma let his teammates die just to wait until the enemy set up camp and then they slowly tortured and killed every enemy in their own camp, the other time they joined the enemy side and killed their own comrades, then when the enemy let down their guards slaughtered them all too. They're skilled strategists but their strategies involve their comrades getting sacrificed like it's a game of goddamn shogi!" Kiyomi complained giving Hisako an angry stare and yanking her rope harder, finally, the young assassin gave in and fell onto the dirt, Kiyomi walked up closer and stood by the woman giving her time to get up.