.Returning to Lun Yang. <Lun Yang, Fire Nation>

[yuriko]

Yuriko laughed quietly, trying to picture six children almost pulling Nagamasa to the ground. The thought made her laugh even more. Children's antics always seemed to put a smile on her face but at the same time made her feel sad for she had never had those joys when she was growing up. Her whole life was centered around becoming a Megumi, not about anything else. She sighed sadly but continued walking.

"Shinju must take great care of you." Yuriko remarked, smiling. She looked around herself at the forest, wondering if they were going to get into Lun Yang soon. She dreaded the moment she would have to pour tea and sake for old generals and wished she could be entertaining at the courthouse like she normally did but what the mistress said, she had to do.

She looked over at Nagamasa, wondering if he was as he seemed, not dangerous. But she quickly dismissed the thought, and maintained her smile though in reality she wasn't really in the mood for smiling.

[ses]

His sisters' children were quite an adorable bunch, his sister happen to have twins, both girls which some times could be confusing. He would always mess up the twins' names.. he just needed to remember to get it straight this time. Those kids were probably learning fire-bending about now and he knew how the female side of his family were very temper-mental all the time.. those twins would probably love barbecuing his behind all day.

"Yeah.." He whispered as Shinju let out a slight shrill cry, while they climbed a large hill. Shinju was getting a little too excited, Nagamasa happen to be as well. This area was very familiar.. they were just on the out-skirts of Lun Yang, he could. He was finally going to be back in the city of fire..along with his family who waited for him to return for awhile now.

[yuriko]

Yuriko pulled the skirt of her kimono up slightly as she walked up the hill, struggling in her high heeled sandals. She cursed the her sandals, almost tripping over them a couple times but continued walking. She kept her amber eyes on the ground, trying to not think about how it was unfair that she was forced to wear such sandals and be expected to actually walk places. She tucked some of her long black hair behind her ear.

Yuriko stopped when they finally reached the top of the hill. She looked down at Lun Yang, smiling when she realized how beautiful it looked from up here. The golden roof tops shined as the mid-day sun hit them, making the whole city seem to shine with gold. She stared at the city in amazement of how beautiful it seemed. Though she had lived in Lun Yang for her whole life she never really saw it like this.

"Well, we are almost there. Where does your sister live? I don't want to delay you from seeing your family if she lives far away from the teahouse." Yuriko asked, looking at Nagamasa.

[ses]

"Hm, my sisters happen to live just in the city's market-place core. So, I don't think they're too far away from the teahouse." He said with a smile as he glanced over at her for a moment before starting his way towards the city's entrance which had been heavily guarded by many of the best soldiers, each wielded a weapon and most likely were masters of fire-bending. Anyone could know not to peeve off the soldiers.. especially on a bad day. "Ahh, feels good to be back home.." He whispered to himself as he restrained Shinju from running off, clearly; his emu was a little more excited than him.. that was odd. Usually, Shinju would always be very protecting or afraid of large places.. oh well.

[yuriko]

Yuriko walked towards the soldiers, hoping this wouldn't take too long. The soldiers looked at her, as if checking her for weapons of any sort. "Name?" one of them asked, his hand clutched on the long naginata he held in his hand. "Yuriko Wakahisa." she answered in her usual manner. She hated having to go through this. "And where are you coming from?" the soldier asked. Yuriko sighed angrily, wondering why the generals had been increasing the amount of soldiers everywhere. Did she look like a fire nation rebel?

"The courthouse. I was entertaining there." she said simply and she waited for the soldier to let her in. When the gate that lead to the great city opened, Yuriko walked in and looked over her shoulder, motioning for Nagamasa to follow her.

[ses]

[Nagamasa Asai has left this thread, to be continued in other locations]