searching the remains

Standing in the burnt out remains of her apartment Ruby frowned. She walked around the looking for anything at might of lived, the floors made noise beneath her feet due to the water from the fire fighters. She walked into was used to be her bed room and headed for the wall that was badly charred and punched a whole though a weak spot she knew to be there. Reaching into the whole she pulled out a metal box. 'Well at least i have this...' she thought looking down at the lock box in her hands. Tucking the small metal box into her pocket she headed out of the inferno that she once called her home.
Once on the street she looked up at the empty whole in the building. 'I was crazy to think i could build a life here...'

Tsuchi was across the street and she stopped when she spotted the remains. She let out a low whistle. Damn. She shook her head as she started walking. She could be heartless at times but she wasn't heartless enough not to feel for everyone who had lost everything in that explosion.

Ruby heard a low whistle and looked up seeing the girl from the park. "Hey its you." She said waving to the girl.

She looked up and gave a slight wave. It was the girl that was talking to Kisame... seeing her reminded Tsuchi that she needed to talk to Nadia...

"Out for another late night stroll?" Ruby asked stopping in front of the girl.

Tsuchi shrugged a shoulder. "Best time for stroll wouldn't you say?"

She nodded in agreement, "I'm Ruby by the way, we didn't get to introduction the other day." She held out her hand to the girl.

"Tora," she replied, shaking hands.

"Nice to meet you," She said with a smile, "That guy said he met you before, your not a fan are you?"

"Yeah, nice to meet you." Tsuchi took out a cigarette and lit one, pausing to glare at the empty box before shoving it back in her pocket. "Didn't really care 'bout him when I met him, now I just don't trust him. Didn't mean to eavesdrop at the park but I heard some stuff." She glanced from the ruined building back to Ruby and it clicked. "Holy crap."

"yeah the asshole did that." She said nodding her head at the building, "Its ok though I'll get him back for it." She added with a wink.

Tsuchi laughed quietly and shook her head. "Wow. I mean, I know people are serious but..." She laughed again, this time a bit louder. "You better get him back."

"I know right, men always have to take things to the extrema, i never did understand that." She said rubbing the back of her neck. "You think they could be a little more covert."

Tsuchi laughed, and for the millionth time thought of Connan. "I know a couple that are more on the low but most guys do like big bangs and lots of fire. You what the best thing is though? When they can be both."

Ruby chuckled nodding in agreement. "yeah but finding people like that is hard, no one takes pride in the art anymore. its all quick fire get in get out no a days."

"Quick fire can be useful, but most of the time try out outthink your opponent, try to talk him into lowering his gun. Whether that means that you can work something out -anything out- or you're the first to reaim it's you who figures it from there."

"Well it comes to someone with a gun, unless i know they wont pull the trigger its shoot first ask questions later."

"But do you shoot to kill? Because there's a difference."

"Depends, shooting to kill is not always a good thing because you cant get answers from a dead person."

"Exactly. Drop them first, then talk." She lit a cigarette and held out the pack, offering one to Ruby. "Best place is their shooting hand and one or both of their knees. Try the right knee one first cause if you miss on the left you could hit the artery and they could bleed out before you can get what you want from them."

Ruby took a cigarette and lit it, "A woman after my own heart." She said laughing lightly. "You seem very well organized, ether special forces or mafia?"

Tsuchi shoved the pack into her pocket, smiling slightly. "Just smart," she replied, taking a drag. "

She chuckled, "I can tell, do you want to head to a cafe? I could use a cup of coffee its been a long day." she asked nodding to a 24hour cafe at the corner one of the reasons she liked this area so much.

Tsuchi shrugged a shoulder. "Sure, why not." She finished her cigarette and put it out under her boot.

"Are you from Japan or have you come from somewhere else?" She asked as she began to walk to the cafe.