Playing With Fire Part Two [Jai or Invite Only][Training, Ect]

Jayr's attention turned to Cana who was still in the same spot on the shore she had been when breaking free from her jutsu used to carve a moat into the earth. Cana meanwhile was looking, worried, at Jayr while her nose twitched in an obvious attempt to catch Jayr's scent over the smell of the water and the nearby smoke. Keeping chakra coating the soles of her feet she ran across the lake's surface at a light jog and over to the wolf; scratching her head as she looked around. Where was her father?

”Cana, where's dad?” The wolf moved off towards the smoke and dying fires instantly and Jayr followed. The tidal wave had taken care of a lot of the fire but it had also knocked down quite a few trees: still, better to have a few fallen trees then a completely burned out area and burned out village.

As the pair moved Jayr heard a shriek: was that the fire demon dying? Or just making more noise because she had soaked the bastard? She figured they would find out soon enough.

Just as she was about to head into the heaviest part of the smoke the sound of movement behind her caused her to turn sharply with Cana. The wolf let out a vicious, loud, and threatening snarl while Jayr simply cocked her arm back as she had done when using jutsu earlier. However, there was no threat behind her, simply backup in the form of another Captain. Seeing who it was Jayr and Cana both relaxed instantly, Jayr sighing and Cana turning back around – obviously all for finding Jai again.

Jayr jerked her head in the direction that Cana was moving and then turned around and followed the wolf, knowing full well the other Captain would follow her without question: they knew each other after all, and were friends. ”Where's your father? We have an issue...”

”That's where we're headed now. Cana will find him. What's going on now? Outside of this demon trying to burn everything in sight...” Jayr asked, though her voice was quiet and her focus was more on finding her father then actually getting an answer.

”I was with the other group that was evacuating the civilians from Etherblade.”, the other Captain replied simply.

This caused Jayr to glance over to him – hard to do through all of the smoke. Jayr came to a pause and Cana glanced back at her; the wolf was going to suffer from this smoke the worst and it was Jayr's responsibility to take care of her. Jayr reached to the bottom of her shirt and ripped off a strip the whole way around – she'd have to deal with her belly showing until she got home to change, but it was worth it. She bent down to one of numerous puddles, wetting the strip as Cana walked over. ”Did something go wrong with the evacuation? You're being a bit vague...” Jayr responded before lightly wrapping the cloth around Cana's nose and muzzle. The wolf sneezed once and then seemed to be quite content with the situation. ”That'll keep you from breathing in too much smoke.”, Jayr explained.

”Sorry, this place gives me the creeps.. I don't like not being able to see more than a few feet in front of me... I'll explain the rest when we find your father. But no, the people got out safely enough...”

Jayr nodded, and still kneeling down, ripped off a strip of the bottom of her shorts on both legs, tying them together before doing the same puddle wetting as she had done with Cana's; the other Captain proceeded to do the same with a handkerchief he had with him. Jayr wrapped this strip around her nose and mouth, using it to block out the smoke. She wasn't going to press the other Captain for details, he said he would explain when they found her father and that's exactly what she was going to do.

Cana's pace quickened and Jayr and the other Captain followed closely behind: until the form of her father came into view even through all of the thick smoke – as well as.. swords? Lots and lots of swords... Cana let out a whimper to announce their arrival – soft, but a sound that Jai would obviously recognize. Plus, it was about the only sound the wolf was able to make considering she had her muzzle and nose blocked off for her own safety.

“Dad, backup arrived...”, Jayr said softly.

The other Captain saluted: he might have been less formal with Jayr but when the Commander General was around he acted as he was supposed to: formal and rigidly adhering to all rules.

.oO(You can control the Captainn in your post, and have him give his report and whatever.)

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