needs some seasoning

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Characters: Yuuta meitori, Naruto ramen4free
When: December 1
Where: At the side of the river
Rating: PG?
Summary: Yuuta and Naruto plan to go across the river for some salt and other ghost fighting things.

Yuuta waited quietly at the side of the river, hoping that Naruto would be able to get back soon. He was a little nervous about going across the river, given the things people had been telling him across the network. If any of that was true, then maybe it wasn't such a good idea to go there, even for salt to fight against spooks and all that.

Well, maybe they wouldn't notice. He was good at sneaking around, and Naruto had said that he had been there a few times already.

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Naruto appeared a few minutes later, sprinting towards the river until he reached Yuuta and stopped, folded over to catch his breath. He'd gotten distracted by some things and thus arrived later then he'd planned. "Sorry for the wait. Are you ready to go now?"

He glanced over at the river while he waited for an answer and determined it would probably be safe to cross, for now.

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"Yes," he said, standing up and adjusting the sack he had rummaged through a few piles of rubbish specifically for. He wish he had something a little less threadbare, but it would hold for what he was going after. "How do we cross the river? Just swim?"

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"Yeah. It's the quickest way to get across though it's also a pain. I hope you don't mind walking around in wet clothes for awhile. Though we're lucky. the water seems pretty calm today." He bent down and began pulling off his sandals, before standing up and stepping into the water.

"Well, now or never." He wadded deeper into the water, becoming increasingly more wet as he went. He stopped when the water reached his waist and sank down, ready to start swimming.

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"Hmm," Yuuta said, removing his shoes as well and tying the sack through a loop in his pants. "I hate getting wet, but when given no other option..."

He went into the water like Naruto, but dove in and started swimming quicker. Like he said, he hated getting wet and the sooner he was able to start drying off, the better. They would have to figure out some other way... being wet just might give the hostile people on the other side a huge hint of where they came from.

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Naruto swam after him in a slightly slower pace. He had no real reason to rush, but he didn't lag behind either. The swim only took a couple of minutes but it was almost nice. He didn't get the chance to swim often, but he also wasn't looking forward to walking around in wet clothes.

Once he reached the other side of the river, he trudged out and began to wring the water from his shirt. "The town is just straight ahead a little ways. It won't take long to get there."

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"Okay," Yuuta said, wringing out his clothes as much as possible. He frowned as his shoes squished. "Let's just hope no one notices us," he added, putting his jacket hood over his head. No one would question that with this kind of bleak weather, and it would keep anyone from seeing his face, hopefully.

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"If anyone asks, maybe we can tell them we slipped and fell into the water." He knew the story had a lot of holes, and if anyone did ask that meant they'd been found out, but why not look on the bright side anyways?

He started heading off in the direction so the town, and true to his word, they arrived a few minutes later. He stopped along the edge of the town and looked over at Yuuta. "So, where would be a good place to look?"

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"Hmm," Yuuta said, seeing the holes in it too. Well, they would deal with it somehow when it came up. "A good place would be a grocery store. There we can probably purchase a bag, which should be enough."

He knew that they would probably have to steal it, but he didn't like thinking along those lines.

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"Right. Okay." He walked forward, trying to seem normal so he can go unnoticed by the people of the town. But that didn't really work since he could see some of the people staring at him and some pointing. He glanced over his shoulder to make sure Yuuta was following.

"I think it's that building up there." He points to a simple building standing a little ways ahead of them.

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Yuuta kept his head low, picking up his pace to stay right behind him. They didn't want to be noticed and he made sure to advertise that. They didn't want any trouble at all, just some salt.

Hopefully the books he had in his inner jacket pocket in a plastic bag would be good enough to trade.

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He reached the building and stopped to pull open the door and motion Yuuta in. It was a bit on the small size, but big enough to have a decent amount of aisles full of stuff. He strolled up and down a few aisles before spotting the salt.

He grabbed a bag of it and took off towards Yuuta. "Hey, I found some. This is what you need right?" Behind him the shop keeper turned towards them and gave him an annoyed look.

i am so sorry i have been sick! D8

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Yuuta looked over at the package. Ah, kosher. That would be even better, seeing as there are no added preservatives to it and from the information on the back, it was derived from sea water rather than a mine.

"Yes, this will do." He said. Going up to the counter, he put the salt on it along with his books. "My friend and I have been traveling for a while, and don't have any money on us. Could we trade perhaps? I could also work to pay for this."

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Naruto leaned on the counter next to Yuuta, watching the proceedings in case they need to make a break for it. He didn't like how the shop keeper was looking at them; as if they were people from the moon and if they made so much as a sudden movement he'd attack them.

The shop keeper crossed his arms and stared hard at Yuuta before slowly nodding. "Depends. What do you have to trade?"

sorry this is late!

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"I have books, which you could probably sell. They're in good condition. Like I said, I could also work to pay for it. I am not opposed to any chores."

Yuuta didn't quite like how this was going, even though nothing had happened yet. The gazes and stares, and how the shopkeeper was regarding them with suspicion... They might just have to forget about the salt and get out of here if he didn't accept the payment.