(OOC: This is a meeting so that Yuumaru has an excuse to travel to Tsukigakure. I will be RP'ing with Yuri Onmyoton.)

Yuumaru made his way to the area of the village known as the Black Swamp. Why would baa-chan summon me here? The swamp was different from any other part of the forest. Like the Elder Forest, it seems light does not pierce through the giant dead trees that surround the swamp. The overall ambience of the place was dark... it reeked of death.

Yuumaru walked towards the center of the swamp on a huge fallen trunk. A figure can be made out in the dark, foggy middle of the swamp-- it was Chieko baa-chan. "Baa-chan! Why did you call me out here?!" Yuumaru slapped a bug that landed on his face. Then his arms. Then everywhere. "Man, this place reeks! And after I just got better from my last mission..."

"Yuumaru-kun, do you know anything about this place?" Chieko began. Yuumaru shrugged. "Here, creatures voluntarily drink the toxic swamp water when they near their time of death. My question is..why? Does this swamp have a mysterious power hidden deep within it? Or is it something else? Look there!" Chieko pointed out a huge buffalo-bird coming near the edge of the swamp, about 80 feet from where they were standing. The buffalo-bird looked old, and sure enough, it went and took a sip of the swamp water. Within moments, it fell to the ground with heavy breathing, and, still moments later, it finally stopped panting.

"That's...unusual..." was all Yuumaru could say. “So, baa-chan, what do you want me to do?”

“As you know, I was an avid traveler during my younger days." "Yeah, yeah, blah, blah, get on with it! OWW!!" Yuumaru rubbed his head; Chieko just punched him. "Darn, after I just got better and all..."

"Anyways, what I want you to do is head over to Tsukigakure. It is among the, if not the, richest village right now. Merchants gather from all over the world with all sorts of trinkets and mystic items and herbs."

"Let me guess--you want me to buy some weird item to help you in your experiments, right?" Yuumaru was trying to catch the bug that kept biting him.

"You almost got it. But I don't care about the merchants. Nor their wares. I want something much more...mystical." Yuumaru couldn't help but gulp at the anticipation building up. "I want a vial--" "What? A vial of what? Why are you building up the anticipation so mu--" Chieko slapped Yuumaru. "OWW!!"

"I want a vial...of Onmyoton blood."

"What the? On- myo- ton-? What the heck is that?" Yuumaru was clueless to what Chieko was saying. "The Onmyoton are a reclusive clan of ninja that reside in Tsukigakure. Not much is known about them, heck, even I don't know what makes them so special. But I've gathered, through many means, all other clan's blood samples, and the only one I'm missing is Onmyoton blood. Here is the vial. Yuumaru, are you listening?"

Yuumaru was busy hunting the bug. He was so fixated at killing it that he didn't notice that the bug had landed on Chieko's chest. "I finally got you, bug!" He then tried to crush the bug as hard as he can, not knowing that the bug had flown away just before he could kill it. He hit both of Chieko's breasts with great force.

After a half an hour beating, Chieko began: "Geez, Yuumaru. You really are the King of Ecchi. So, anyways, you have no choice on this matter. Go to Tsukigakure, and fetch me that blood I asked for! Scram!" Yuumaru then dashed out of the swamp as fast as he can, not looking to further anger Chieko. Geez, that old woman still packs a punch!