Walking Alone.

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Slightly before Haruma had moved to Daisuke's neck, her hands were loosening the muscles around his shoulders. She faintly heard a sigh emitted from him. Hopefully it was an exhalation of enjoyment and he wasn't actually hating all of this. She could understand that, though typically people didn't quit when she gave them massages. In fact... that.. actually had never happened. But as Haruma moved her hands to the back of his neck, she immediately felt his muscles tense up. That was suspicious. Upon brief examination, however, she discovered a seal branded on his neck. Curiosity told her to ask about it, but she was good at reading body signs. Considering he tensed up at the slightest touch near that area, he had obviously not wanted her to discover this seal. Perhaps she would ask about it on a later date.

As for why he had cut himself off in the middle of a sentence, curiosity told her she had to ask about that. And once she did, well, her answer was quite vague. The only response to her questioning of what he did to keep him busy was "meditation". Haruma hadn't detected any wild spirits from within him yet, so meditation wasn't exactly unlikely for a person like him. However, there had to be other things he did than just meditate. Such as missions, family life, or maybe some sort of hobby. If meditation was one of his primary sources of entertainment that kept him "busy"... well, it just wasn't believable to Haruma. And she was The Goddess of relaxation. Perhaps not Goddess. That was stretching it. Though Haruma wouldn't mind the title in the least.

Because of the small amount of information Daisuke had given her on the previous question, she felt that she needed to bring up something else. But what? Well, there was the talk about the seals. Her hands had just glided away from his neck when she felt that now was the time to ask. As expected, he seemed not to want to talk about it. Or at least that's what she got from the sigh that escaped his lips. There was a brief silence before he answered. And when he answered, he actually revealed that he was an ANBU member. Now that was surprising. ANBU members didn't just give away knowledge of their positions randomly. It was looking like he really did trust her. However, not enough it seemed, for he told her that he must keep quiet about the seal under his hair. Apparently not even her pupil, Hyosuke, knew about it. Ashamed of prying, Haruma merely nodded, forgetting that he couldn't see her face at the moment.

Soon, though, Daisuke tried twisting his head to look back at her. She stopped the movement of her hands and let her eyes meet his, flicking away a stray lock of hair that invaded the space in front of her eye. After he had spoken, she let a small smile fade onto her lips before giggling slightly. She then proceeded to lift her hands to his head, slowly forcing him to place it back the way it was before. She then began to massage his back again, thinking for a bit before answering. "Well, Dai, you are the cousin of my pupil, not to mention a potential friend. You also have an incredible personality, one that easily outmatches Hyosuke's.." she said, muttering the last part. "and on top of all that, you're pretty strong and incredibly handsome. I don't see how a girl couldn't naturally try to care for you." Haruma finished this statement rather bluntly, her facial expression not betraying her calm demeanor. She didn't have trouble coming out with this statement to him, but she hoped he would react well. As she spoke, she was working on the left shoulder. She now moved to his right.

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Dai was glad that she did not ask anymore about the seal on the back of his neck and seemed to just drop it. He knew that he could not keep that many secrets from her if she kept doing this to him. The ANBU was nothing because he was nearly about to drop out of the organization anyways due to being overloaded with the clan now. He did hate being his cousin’s right hand man most of the time, but that was his life and he was not going to trade in for nothing.

When he turned his head to face her, he saw her eyes for a moment and she even pushed a locked of hair out of her eyes. He knew now that she was completely different from anyone else that he had ever met. Ideas were firing in his head that he had never thought about doing before. He was not sure why exactly they were, but they were there. He usually took tome to arrange his thought, but now was not the time to do it. Before he could do anything she had placed her hands on his head and moved it back to where it was. He had a slight smile on his face because of this and he chuckled slightly to himself.

He looked over to his pouch has her hands went back onto her back. He wanted to write something in there, but he was not going to do it in front of her. He thought that would be a little rude for the most part. His ear twitched slightly when she finally said something about why she was caring so much about him. Her answer made him close his eyes and rethink just about everything that was going on in his head. She was willing to train Hyosuke and deal with his personality, but she was also willing to put up with him and his secrets as well. Haruma also thought he was handsome and this really only brighten his day even more. He was glad now that he was trying to get away from his duties for the day.

When she started to move towards his right shoulder he moved away from her. He knew the price he would pay if he got too much comfortable around her and that was not something he could afford to do just yet. He hoped that she would understand in the long run. He moved his arms up to his chest and pushed himself up and made sure the towel covered him up good. He titled his head slightly at her and smiled at her as he looked into her eyes again.

”I don’t allow every girl to get close to me…Haruma…,” Dai said softly and leaned over and pressed his lips against hers. He did not care at this point what she did and would be okay if she just came out and smacked him in the face, but it was not every day he found someone like her. True she could make him open up with just her touch alone, but it was more than just that to him. He might be getting a head of himself with this and it was something he was willing to do at the moment. He said he was the Breeze and the Breeze was not always predictable.

He pulled back and stood up from the towel. He moved his tonfa and pouch off his clothing and walked back behind the tree. He started to place his clothing on. He had trusted her this far and he felt his stuff was save with her.

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Once Haruma had finished her little speech on why she actually cared for Daisuke, she had moved her hands to begin her massage therapy on Dai's right shoulder. However, apparently that wasn't what Daisuke wanted, for he abruptly pulled away from her hands. This action caused Haruma to raise an eyebrow. Did what she say offend him? Thoughts began to flood her mind, causing mental mayhem for her. On the outside, however, she just seemed to be looking at him curiously. But inside the thoughts raged on. Did she seem promiscuous or something? That would be unlikely, Haruma didn't consider herself to be very sexually revealing or anything. Even if she had made him take his clothes off. Did she... seem like she was flirting? Well, she kind of was, but he was a couple of minutes ago as well. She wasn't entirely the guilty party for that mess.

And as these thoughts went on in her head, Haruma suddenly was jolted back into reality by the feel of Daisuke's sudden closeness. It actually appeared that he was kissing her. A deep blush ran across her pale cheeks as her eyes widened slightly in surprise. Now what was the cause for that? Sure, she couldn't complain at all, but it was just a little unexpected. Though in shock, Haruma instinctively kissed back only to find that Daisuke pulled away shortly after she did. In about no time at all, he had picked up his clothes and walked off to the forest, leaving a moderately stunned Haruma behind.

In the next few seconds, Haruma had started to pick herself up. She started to recall what had happened briefly before the kiss, and vaguely remembered him saying something about not letting all girls care for him, or something along those lines. That must have been just before the kiss. Great. It seemed that her mind was so conflicted with the thoughts of why he was getting up that she was barely able to recognize what was happening outside of her mind. That was quite the failure at relaxation, and she would have to work on it.

With a slight sigh, Haruma stood up and decided to start cleaning things up. Apparently the massage was over, even though she had only gotten one of his shoulders. That would surely cause disturbance and unevenness, but she would worry about it later. She treaded over to where the candles were and leaned down, blowing each individual one out. As she stood up, she felt something hit her foot and turned around to see it was Daisuke's bag. Further examination showed that she seemed to have knocked some sort of notebook out of it. Curiosity overcame Haruma, and she picked it up. 'What on Earth would he need a notebook for? Maybe he's an artist.' she thought to herself dreamily before opening the notebook. She had opened it to the last used page, and quirked an eyebrow as she saw her own name. Now what did that mean?

Whatever it meant, she wanted to find out before he came back. If it had her name written in it, it must have a lot of other stuff in it about Daisuke too. Perhaps it was a diary. Haruma felt incredibly guilty about what she was about to do, but something overcame her. She hadn't seen Daisuke come out from behind the tree yet, so she swiftly tucked the notebook into the inside of her robe. She would read it later to see just what it was all about. Now all she had to do was play it cool. She quickly scooted the bag back to where it was with her foot before leaning down to fold up the towel on the floor and collect the candles. Hopefully he wouldn't notice it was missing before she could return it.

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Dai had felt her go and kiss him back, but he did not want her to just kiss him back simply because he kissed her. He was not sure how she was feeling towards him, but he knew better than to think she liked him like that right off the back. When he did pull back he saw her cheeks were flushed at the moment and this made him smile more. To him this sorta meant that she liked the kiss, but he was not going to drag it out of her just yet.

When he collected his clothing from the pile and went and changed again. He changed quickly and making sure his shirt and pants where straight without that much wrinkles. He leaned his back against the tree he was behind and closed his eyes slightly. He had a smile on his face for a moment and it had been a long time since he actually felt this happy about his reactions for the most part. He leaned his head against the tree and felt the different in his left shoulder than his right. ”She does have a natural gift….I will have to get her do this again…if she is willing after that…”

He took another five or so minutes to himself and pushed his back off the tree with his hand. He ran both of his hands through his hair to make it messy and make sure the seal was covered up. He slowly walked back from behind the tree with the towel folded nicely in his hands. ”I am sorry, for stopping the massage, but you nearly had me spilling on my secrets to you…something I must not do, Hauram.” He had a pouty face on his face as he asked for her forgiveness.

He had noted that she had already started to pack up her supplies due to his actions there. He went and placed the folded towel on the other one and picked up his tonfa and placed them on their hooks where they belonged. He slowly grabbed his pouch. The moment he went to move it the thing felt different to him. He looked down slightly to see that it was nearly all the way zipped up. He normally did not zip it up all the way and it felt lighter to him. This only meant that she was in his pouch for what? He was not sure what exactly she took from him, but knew something was missing.

He looked up to her for a moment and pondered this. He was bent down on his knees for a moment. The only thing he was worried about her taking was his notebook. He needed it because of his memories that he had lost and that he feared he would lose. He did not want to come out and accuse her of something and get on her bad side after the stunt that he just pulled on her.

He stood back up and placed the pouch on his hip as if nothing was wrong just now. He would play at her game until one of them decided to leave. Plus this would give him time to tell what exactly she took from him. This was the first time he was actually seeing this has more game than anything else. He watched her slightly with a smile on his face. ”May I ask how you are going to break my cousin?” He was not sure asking about the kiss was a good idea at the moment and thought this was a better ice breaker between them.

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Haruma had just finished placing the remainder of her massage tool kit into her bag when Daisuke stepped out from behind his tree. The towel he had used was folded in his hands. That was useful, and pretty considerate for him to do. She casually glanced over at him as he neared closer to her, and smiled as he spoke. He was saying he was sorry for stopping the massage. That didn't matter much to Haruma. It was his loss, not hers. Well, not entirely. It actually was quite enjoyable to be able to massage his back- but that was completely besides the point. He said his reasoning for halting the massage was that Haruma had him spilling all of his secrets to her. She chuckled softly when she saw a pout form onto his lips. "It's okay, Dai, though I never really got to finish up your right shoulder. You'll probably feel the difference too." she said casually as she zipped up her bag.

She then proceeded to twirl around to face Daisuke. It seemed that he had already picked up his bag. Good, than that meant he obviously didn't feel anything different about it worth investigating. This way she could come back here tomorrow and place the notebook somewhere so that he would think he lost it. A dirty move, but she was pretty curious about what secrets were inside the notebook itself. All sorts of information on Hyosuke, perhaps? Or more importantly, on the clan as a total. It would help Haruma a whole lot if she had a large amount of insight onto the clan, and not just for selfish purposes. For the sake of helping Hyosuke train, too. And perhaps there was even stuff about Daisuke in there that she would find interesting.

The only question was- what to do now? Daisuke had just kissed her, left, and then come back like nothing had happened. She honestly had no idea how to act at the moment- should she go up and embrace him, act like they're dating? Or maybe that would be too awkward, and she should just sit back and wait for him to make a move. Either way, it seemed like odd business. Something she would rather not deal with- but if she wanted him to be with her, than she obviously had to make more of an effort. However, it seemed as though he would speak up first. Haruma mentally let out a sigh of relief. That was nice, it was always good to have the other break the ice first. Unfortunately, she found that his question was more of a total topic changer than anything that related to their kiss. Now that was annoying. She was going to have to find out how to get back on track somehow.

He had asked how she was going to 'break' Hyosuke. Haruma couldn't help but chuckle at this. "Daisuke, I don't break people. I help people better understand who they are and what they should be doing. Breaking just isn't my thing.." she stated, slowly advancing towards where Daisuke was. This would be her topic changer. Time to knock it up a few gears. "I'd rather relax someone and help them in that way then break them. I seem to have a... talent for extracting secrets, changing people's minds, and above all making people feel good." At this point, she was right in front of Daisuke. "Wouldn't you agree?" And with that last comment, she quickly leaned forward and pressed her lips back to his, her arms wrapping around his shoulders shortly after. Admittedly, it felt good to have those lips back against hers again. Hopefully this time he wouldn't make it awkward.

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Dai watched zip up her back and told him how he could tell the differently. He placed his left hand over his right shoulder and shrugged slightly. He would get over it and have Kyosuke or someone else pop it later. That had always made his shoulders feel better anyways. Though, he would not mind having her massage him again, but that would be saved to a later date. He was going to keep in contact with her. He had no reason not to. This allowed him to get an inside look to how Hyosuke was doing and make sure he did not activate the bloodline too soon and confuse him. He was worried about his cousin.

He noticed that she made no change in how she acted about his things. He smirked slightly to himself, but it dropped when she looked back to him. He was not going to bring it up just yet; beside he needs proof that she had something of his. He slowly moved his back against a tree and placed his right hand near his pouch. He was glad his left tonfa hide his pouch from view and this allowed his slender fingers to dig inside of it without a big notice. He dropped his right hand to have to rest across his stomach. He slowly slid his index and middle finger into the pouch and felt around it quickly. ”So…she does have my notebook….odd twist of events…wonder what she saw to take it…not much about Hyosuke just about my memory and the people I have encounter that I have found interesting…..maybe she saw her name?”

When he decided to break the ice between them he saw it was not exactly what she was looking for. He titled his head slightly and watched her come over to him and explained how she did not break people and that she only helped them to understand them. He also noticed that she went back to pouncing his whole name and not just Dai. He raised his eyebrow towards the last bit of her statement. He knew all too well how good she was at getting information from people. She nearly got all his from him within an hour. If the enemy needed a massage then she could get the information from them.

He was about to chuckle and agree to her words, but it seems like she wanted to draw his attention back to what he started. The kiss. He felt her lips pressed up against his and he closed his eyes only to find she wrapped her arms around his shoulders. He did feel a little weight off his shoulders about how she was feeling towards him. Could something become of this? Of them? He was not even thinking clearly too how Hyosuke would react to this. He normally placed others before him. This once he was allowing his own emotions control him and that was something that he never did.

Dai slowly kissed her back and wrapped his left hand around her waist and pulled her slightly closer to him. The feeling sent another shiver up his spine, but it was the same feeling he had before when she started to touch his back. He smiled slightly and broke off the kiss and placed his forehead against hers. He had his eyes closed for now. ”….I have seriously never met anyone like you before…Haruma….I would love the chance….to get to know you better…” The smile had yet to fall from his face for once and it seemed like a rather truthful one than anything at the moment.

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It wasn't normal for Haruma to be so flirtatious, and it especially wasn't normal for her to kiss a guy she hardly knew. In fact, she never really thought she would kiss anyone for that matter. But for some reason, with Daisuke, it was different. Something about him and the way he conveyed his feelings to her. Haruma was naturally perceptive, and if he was lying up to this point, she would have definitely realized it. And it wasn't only that he wasn't lying, but he also seemed to tell her so many secrets he didn't normally trust people with. Granted, Haruma was a master at manipulation, but she hadn't necessarily tried to yank information out of him. She asked a few questions, and the movement of her hands may have helped.. not to mention her Genjutsu might have still been in his mind..... but it wasn't as if she had tried to have that affect, he just happened to stumble upon her when she was singing.

In any case, Haruma never felt something like this before. And when he merely tried to change the topic, she was upset. So, deciding to take matters into her own hands, she merely walked up to him and kissed him again. And the feeling of his lips against hers set her heart beating rapidly again. Frankly, she couldn't help it. After all, it was the first boy that she had ever actually kissed. Having a mother as strict as hers, Haruma wasn't allowed near any potential dates in fear that they would 'throw off her training'. Having someone to care for her was a top priority at the moment, and so far it was an experience that she was finding rather enthralling.

Haruma could have almost squealed in happiness when Daisuke returned the kiss. And not only that, but she felt his arm around her waist as he pulled her closer. She had a big, stupid grin on her face when he broke the kiss, and was glad to see that his eyes were closed. Seeing that he seemed pretty relaxed, she decided to close her eyes as well, keeping her forehead against his as she listened to him speak. He had never met anyone like her before and would love the chance to get to know her, apparently. Haruma almost wanted to shout that the feeling was returned, but she stayed quiet for a moment instead and allowed them both to rest in the tranquil aura that was now surrounding them.

However, it was only a few moments before she spoke up. "I've only known you for less than an hour, and I'm not one to believe in cliche things like love at first sight... but I think I would like to date you, Dai.." she said in a melodic tone, visibly relaxed as her grin calmed and faded into a small smile. She had yet to open her eyes, and her arms were still resting on his shoulders, her hands holding each other behind him. "I'd like to say that this is the most relaxed I've been in a long time, and that's saying something coming from me" she stated with a chuckle. In all honesty, it was. Even the most severe meditation failed to relax her as much as being in Daisuke's arms did.

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Dai smiled slightly when Haruma did not pull away from him when he pulled her closer to him. He was more relieved than anything at the moment. He had found a girl in the woods that for the first time that he opened up too. He stood there with her in his arms after her spoke. He was not sure what he was expecting out of her lips, but he knew he wanted to kiss them again. He had forgotten about his notebook for now his mind was on her.

He did not open his eyes when she spoke about love and that she wanted to date him. His smile on his face got even bigger now. He had never really had a girlfriend and he was holding in his arms someone that wanted to give him a glance of being her girlfriend. He slowly wrapped his other arm around her and kissed her slightly on her lips again. ”I have never had a steady girlfriend…flings…yes, but nothing serious…however, going out with you I would like a lot, Haruma.” Dai listened to her when she said that this was the most relax she had been in a while. He chuckled slightly. ”Suppose dealing with Hyosuke is stressful enough too.” He knew is cousin far too well.

Dai finally opened his eyes and saw the smile on Haruma’s face when he pulled away from her. He kissed her on her forehead before he pull away from her completely. He knew she did not notice him looking in his bag for his notebook before. ”You know so much about me already, but I barely know a thing other than you are my cousin’s sensei…and my new girlfriend.” He said it all with a smile on his face. ”However, before we start…may I have my notebook back? I will tell you anything about it now if you want…I just want it back…” He pouted slightly at her now.

His arms never left her waist as he spoke, nor did he look mad about her taking it. He was still curious after all to why she had taken it to start with. He thought it was useful to him and him alone since it was events of his life that was written down in it. Then it hit him like a break falling on his head. He failed to tell her that he had the bloodline after all and he only told her that ”I need to tell her about that…but I will wait to see how long it take her to realize that the notebook is design for my memories if she asks any questions about it that is…..maybe she will be too embarrass to even ask questions…” Dai knew it was not something to keep from her, but he figured until he got more information from her that it was safe to leave it has it was.

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Haruma was relishing everything that was happening to her. She had gone into the woods to simply practice a harmless Genjutsu technique and she had the luck to stumble across a guy like Daisuke. Everything he did sent another wave of childish joy through her body, and his free arm wrapping around her only enhanced the effect. Haruma never expected to feel this way for Daisuke, only to have a conversation with him to find out about her pupil, who was his cousin. But it seemed that things had taken a turn for the better. Daisuke's lips briefly capturing hers only made the moment so much better.

Haruma had been rambling about love and the likes before Daisuke had caught her lips with his own again, and now it seemed that he was answering. In a very relaxed tone. That by itself was a major eye catcher for Haruma, and she was a bit surprised since his cousin was so terrible at any form of relaxation. But nonetheless, what he said only made her heart thump once more with bliss. He said he would like to go out with her. Haruma flashed a broad smile then, though her eyes had yet to open. "Then I say we call ourselves a couple." Haruma stated softly.

It was then that she had mentioned how relaxed she was. In response to this, Daisuke commented that his cousin Hyosuke was probably causing her stress as well. Actually, Hyosuke basically was the only stressful thing in her life at the moment. The kid was so defiant and he wouldn't relax or listen. It was crazy, and Haruma searched her mind frequently trying to find ways to get the kid to become more obedient. Daisuke had hit the nail right on the center. Daisuke was a big problem in her life at the moment. She let out a soft sigh. "Oh yes, Hyosuke. What am I going to do with him.." she mumbled. "He causes me so much stress. A little odd that his cousin does quite the opposite." she said, a grin returning to her face.

Daisuke then proceeded to pull back a little bit, but not before kissing her forehead. He stated how Haruma knew so much about him, but he barely knew a thing about her. Haruma noticed how he called her his "new girlfriend". The smile that seemed to be forever present on her face when she was with Daisuke spread a little wider as she opened her eyes. It was true though, she did know a lot about him. However, before she could reply, she found him saying something that surprised her quite a bit.

He knew about the notebook. She had taken it a little while back, and she thought he didn't notice, but he did. Her relaxed and calm demeanor instantly turned into a somewhat startled demeanor as her eyes widened a bit. 'How did he know?' she thought to herself. And then it came to her. Of course he would figure it out, he was in the ANBU! "Heh.. I should've known better than to take things from an ANBU." she said, an innocent smile crossing her lips. Daisuke didn't seem mad or anything, but just in case, Haruma decided she better give it back. So, she reached into the inside of her robe and pulled the notebook out, handing it to Daisuke. "And no, I don't have any questions about it. Yet. Besides, as you said, it's time you learned something about me. So go ahead, ask away." she said with a smile. But then she remembered something. "Oh, I just remembered, could you do me a favor and hold off any training with Hyosuke until I say it's okay? He needs to learn to relax, and until he can, I don't want him trying to sneak anything else under my nose. And now that I've got you to watch him, well, he's cornered." she said, grinning. Daisuke was really turning out to be quite the fun person to have around.

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Dai nodded when Haruma suggested that they should call themselves a couple. He did not have a problem with that. There were only a few people that he would tell about her anyways so it did not matter to him. He did not even care if people saw them out in public. His private life was not something he bothered with most of the time. He knew Kosuke would be the first one that he would tell later that day, but that was about it. He did not think Hyosuke really needed to hear the information just yet, not with the trouble he was in with Haruma.

Dai chuckled slightly when he nailed the fact that Hyosuke was causing her trouble and he did the opposite. He lifted one arm from her waist and ran it through his hair slightly. He wanted to assure her that Hyosuke would straighten out over time, but he was not sure how the Rings would affect him in the long run. ”The wind never fight things, Haruma. If the wind cannot get pass something it moves along. I suppose that is me in a nutshell…when I can’t get pass things.” That was the first time that he actually made the connection to him and the wind like that, but he knew it was true in a sense.

Dai watched her when she smiled when he called her his new girlfriend. It was not a term he used loosely in any case, but that what she was. They both wanted it and here they were in each other’s arms. When he brought up asking about her she quickly agreed, but her face frowned when he brought up the subject of his notebook. He knew that he had placed it back in there before coming out naked and when he came back it was gone. She was the only one around his things during that time.

He smirked and shrugged when she made the comment about not taking and hiding something from a member of the ANBU. He had noticed the weigh difference in the pouch that was all. ”I noticed the weigh difference in my pouch when I went to move it….and then dug my fingers in to see what was missing.” He was a bit surprise when she said that she did not have any questions for him about the notebook, this left him wondering exactly why she had token it in the first place. He was sure that the only time she had see it was in his pouch. She must have seen something that peek her interest. He nodded though when he told her to ask away about herself.

Dai was about to say something, but stopped when Haruma started to form another words out of her mouth. This time it was about Hyosuke and training. He grinned slightly. He tried to recall a week that went by that Hyosuke didn’t stop in and asked about a mock fight to practice his skills. However, Dai had to agree with Haruma on this. If Hyosuke was going to learn anything he useful to him from Haruma running to him for training was going to be a big mistake. ”I suppose I can come up with some reasons to why I cannot train in for a while.” Hyosuke was not his kid, so he did not have to worry too much about it in the long run.

He tilted his head back slightly and leaned it against the tree bark and closed his eyes thinking. He wanted to know just about everything about her, but was not sure where to start in the long run. ”Hmm, how about you tell me about that genjutsu you was using before I came up? It not something that I have heard before. Signing to lure people into a genjutsu, of course I have heard about music playing from an instrument, but not the vocal cords.”

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The Breeze. That was what Daisuke had referred to himself as, wasn't it? Haruma figured that it had to do something with his abilities. Perhaps it was similar to the name of 'Konoha's Yellow Flash', more formally known as the Fourth Hokage. He had died years ago, of course, but his speed was admirable. Maybe the reason for the name 'The Breeze' had to do with wind style jutsu? Well, that didn't sound right. Haruma concluded in her head that it had to do with his agility or something, not his chakra nature. He hadn't really said anything concerning it, so how was she to know anyways? But still, she was curious.

But it seemed that her curiosity would be satisfied soon enough. As she told Daisuke of the troubles that his cousin Hyosuke gave her, he proceeded to speak about the wind and how it related to him. It was simple, yet vague. An oxymoronic combination, but that was the only way Haruma could rationalize it. It was basically something like if the wind couldn't get past something, it moved along. That was sort of a weird way to summarize one's self. She, in fact, considered it as saying "If I'm too lazy to get past something, I'll give up". That wouldn't be a very positive way to think though, so she would have to rule it out. Nevertheless, she would have to reply somehow. A witty response, hopefully. "Well, there are some things that even the wind can't get around. Sorry Dai, but I'm not going to let the breeze pass me by just yet." she said, a smile lighting up on her face. The breeze, of course, was a reference to him.

As the conversation went on, Daisuke revealed that he knew she took his notebook, and asked pleasantly for it back. Feeling guilty, Haruma handed it back with no complaint, only uttering something about how she shouldn't be stealing things from ANBU members. Which was all too true. Daisuke proceeded to say that he had noticed because of the weight change in his pouch, and then investigated. She hadn't seen any sign of him looking through the pouch, but then again, he was an ANBU member. Stealth was a necessity in that group. "I probably should've thrown in a rock or something so you wouldn't have noticed then. Still, that notebook isn't too heavy. I doubt just anyone would notice something like that that quickly." Haruma said, smiling. Theft was something she was a little rusty on anyways, so she might as well pass it off as a simple defeat.

A little later, Haruma had requested that Daisuke not do any training with Hyosuke. Why? Well, because she didn't want Hyosuke to get any better at anything but simply following orders. She planned to make him sit with her until he learned, but she needed to sleep and do other things as well. So while he was gone, she had no handle on what he did. Even if she told him not to do something, he would most likely just rebel and do what she told him not to do. That was Hyosuke in a nutshell- to her. She didn't hate him, but admittedly, the boy got on her nerves, and until he learned to relax and follow her orders with no hesitation, she didn't want him trying to excel in anything else. But she couldn't assure that he wouldn't- that is, unless she obtained a man on the inside. In this case, Daisuke.

Daisuke agreed to halt his training with Hyosuke, but even that wasn't enough. Haruma didn't want him to train at all. How would she go about making sure that happened? Well, first things first, ask Daisuke. "That's great! But you know, if you wanted to make me extra happy.." she started, flashing a smile before finishing with, "then you'll supervise him to make sure he doesn't train at all. I don't want him doing anything until he learns to follow simple orders- and most importantly, relax." Of course, she couldn't expect Daisuke to always watch over his cousin. After all, he had his own life apart from being in the ANBU and visiting with, well, her hopefully. "But if you can't handle that, I can always try to appeal to the rest of the family. Probably his father. I'm sure he'd cooperate if I said it had to do with Hyosuke's training, right?" Right. Hopefully.

Earlier in the conversation Daisuke had mentioned that it was time he learned more about her. Haruma didn't have a problem with that at all. But she didn't expect him to ask about her Genjutsu. Wasn't there something more interesting he wanted to know about her? Either way, she'd answer. He'd probably get to the more personal things later. After all, it was only a... first date. "Well, the specific Genjutsu I was using was one passed down in my clan. It's primary goal is to relax the target's body, more specifically to enhance performance by causing the opponent to feel stronger. How did I do it just by singing? Well, you're right, most jutsu involving sound requires a medium, such as a musical instrument. But long ago, my clan perfected a family trait that would allow its members to force an unusually large amount of chakra to their necks with ease- and by using our voices to project that large amount of chakra into the air, we can successfully perform our genjutsu on anyone that is near enough to here." she said, her mouth feeling a bit dry from the explanation. She was sort of thirsty, and she had some water in her bag, but it would probably be better to wait until they somehow navigated over to it during the conversation.

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Daisuke knew that he left the remark a little vague for now. Her learning exactly why he was the breeze was meant for sometime later not now. He could not just tell Haruma what went on in the Iwahashi without good reason and right now it would not be good reasons to his cousin. Maybe one day when they were together for longer Dai would open up completely to her, but for now he was just going to enjoy the time he had with her. He never knew when his rings would activate on him and losing her was something he did not want to do for now.

Dai raised his eyebrow slightly when Haruma finally commented on his wind remark. He could not help but chuckle slightly at it. He had not intentions of passing her up and figured that she kinda took his statement wrong, but the remark she came back with was something else. He figured that he would let her have her little witty retort. ”I will be stupid if I allow you to pass me by, Haruma.” He leaned down slightly and placed a kiss on her lips. He had meant what he said about passing her by. She was not going to be just a fling with him, he hoped at least.

He smirked when she suggested that she should have placed a rock in his pouch to through him off guard. He was not even sure that would work with him. He slowly unzipped the pouch and placed the notebook back inside of it for now. He knew there was going to be a time that she was going to ask about it and he would have to be prepared to answers them questions. ”No one have ever tried switching things on me….though, most do not even realize I have the notebook in there. It is not something I take out to often around people.”

His smirk had dropped when she had asked him to make sure Hyosuke did not do any sort of training and even get the family involved in it. He was quite sure how Kyosuke would react to hearing that someone did not want his son to train or practice in anything. Kyosuke was slowly trying to practice with Hyosuke with the water element. He was not too sure how that would affect Hyosuke emotions either. Dai closed his eyes and he looked like he was in deep thought at Haruma’s request for now. He bit his lip slightly and placed the back of his head against the tree for now.

”I do not think halting all his training would benefit him, Haruma. I can understand stopping me from helping him with his tonfa, but stopping him from practicing with his father might cause an emotional strain in him. Kyosuke is helping him with his water alignment, I can ask Kyosuke to stop that for now, but mock fighting and that I cannot ask him to stop. Kyosuke does not want his son activating the Rings just yet because the first memories that will go are of his mother, Kyosuke, and his little sister. I am sorry, but I do know him better than you. Stopping some training with him yes, but not all.” Dai had a sad look on his face. He did not care if she went to Kyosuke about it, but this was just how he felt on the matter of completely stopping Hyosuke training. He meant no ill will towards her. He just knew the affects of the rings all too well and since he had pretty much been a older brother to Hyosuke in some ways he could not just force his cousin into activating them.

Dai was interested to learn that she had come from a clan herself, but it was not a clan that he was actually familiar with. He would have to look it up later if he remembered to it. Her family was genjutsu specialist by the sounds of it, so that meant that he would have to be careful and not fall into her genjutsu most of the time, especially when she wanted something from him. It was nothing against her, but along the way of protecting the clan and the ANBU secrets that he held. ”Genjutsu specialist, I will remember that.” He said with a sly grin on his face.

The grin, however, soon turned into a playful smile on his face. He ran his hand through his hair once more and left it behind his head for now. ”Since you feed my curiousity about a bit of your family onto some more major details I think.” He paused to give her time to change mindset instead of just overloading her with questions. He was not even sure exactly where to ask first, so this allowed him time to think as well. He was about to say something until he saw her bag for a moment all the way across the area they were in. ”Lets go sit down first. Get this bark off my shoulders you just massaged for me.” He would wait until they moved to ask something.