Relaxation ( Inoko )

[Kagai Tentei]

It was one of the many secluded havens amoungst the forest, a prime location for relaxing, dates and picnics.
There was hardly any time for him to relax, what with his fake life, his religion and his school work.

He was sitting aquardly on the floor in amoungst the flowers. He still had an eye for beauty even in his wierd little world.

The breeze caused all the flowers to sway, in the same motion his hair was.
It was wonderful there was noone else here, he hoped it would stay that way.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

The day was a rather beautiful one, and because of that Inoko had been sent to collect flowers for use at the shop. She had known the perfect place for this job. There was small grove in the forest that always had an excellent growth of flowers in it. They tended to be really popular as well, so that was the first place she had to go.

Of course, travelling through the woods was a bit of a pain, and her ponytail got caught in a branch on one point. By the time she reached the grove, she had just gotten the last of the leaves out of her hair.

"Hm, maybe if I cut it a little bit...."

She grew silent as she noticed a young boy in the grove, and noticed that he almost looked like death himself. He was so pale and sick looking, and the black clothing style was just depressing. It looked as if he was enjoying the grove, however, so she decided to not to bother him, even if it was against her natural instincts. Besides, he did kind of creep her out a little. There was just something about him that didn't seem right.

[Kagai Tentei]

Kagai looked up half in disapointment at the breach of his peice but at least it was someone from his school.
He had never spoken to her, she was rather pritty, her hair shimmered in the sun.

He decided he should probably talk to her, brake some of the social stigma between him and his class.
He used chakra to root his feet to the floor and stand up then used it to flaot towards her.
"Hi, My name is Kagai Tentei" He said attempting a smile, he would have shook her hand buy he couldn't

[Yamanaka Meushi]

By the time Inoko had registered in her mind that the boy had spoken, her hands were completely full of flowers she had picked up. It prevented her from shaking his hand or giving him a hug or any of the other stuff she did when meeting someone. Then again, the kid didn't look like the type to enjoy hugs or handshakes.

"My names Yamanaka Inoko. Relative to Ino." She said with a bit of a smile. She always enjoyed talking about Ino, who was her own personal hero. Sure, she may not have been the strongest ninja around, but she did the clan justice. Besides, she was the best looking ninja around (or at least in her own mind).

"Anyway, I think I've seen you somewhere before. The Academy perhaps?"

[Kagai Tentei]

Telling him who she was related to was a little wierd especilly since he had no idea who it was, this confusion may have leeked into his face, but only momenterally.
It was nice that he was remembered, he hoped it was a good thing anyway.

"Yeah, im in your class, but i have just moved so its not surprising you dont remember me", he said monotunasly, He cut the chakra to his legs and dropped to the floor.

The wind had picked up a little, just enough to blow his hair red around and catch the sun, this place was turning ouy not to be as peice full anyway.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

Inoko's eyes glanced down at the boy's feet real quick. She hadn't noticed it before, but he had been floating or something. It was an interesting use of chakra, but other than that she wasn't interested. However, the monotonous tone in his voice told that he didn't sound that interested in talking to her. That was something she was going to have to break. It wasn't right for people to separate themselves from others.

"So you just moved here did you? What village are you originally from?"

((OOC:Any ideas for something they can do other than talk?))

[Kagai Tentei]

(( OOC: You could try and make him look and want to be populer , or train or whatever its you call. ))

This sudden change of mind and out burst of questions took him by surprise, he expected her to make an excuss to leave and simply go stand somewhere else but still within the area.

He wasn't sure what he was to tell her, but he dicided the suger caoted truth would work.
" I was origionally from the village of Hot Springs, i moved here a little bit ago, im here to train for the chuunin exams", He said with his face still hinting towards a puzzled look.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

It was time for Inoko to gain a puzzled look. She had never heard of Hot Springs village, and therefore had no idea where he was from. Must have been a nice place to get the Hot Springs in its name. One of these days she'd have to vacation there.

Of course, this confusion led to a silence in the conversation. Not sure what reply to, she just glanced around at the surrounding environment. It was then that she remembered she was suppossed to be collecting flowers for the shop, and that she had them right in her hand.

"Oh, just remembered I need to get these flowers to the shop. Feel free to tag along with me if you want to. After this I should probably be done for the day."

[Kagai Tentei]

kagai's expresion changed from confuesd to unhappy.
It had sounded like she was trying to get away from him until the end, with that he portraid happiness again, he had never been invited to stay in someone's pressence.
"That would be nice", He said, his voice slightly braking his monotonues facade. He smiled and waited for her to move... now what was it that was polite to do in this situation, that was right carry things for people.
"Jujutsu - Genzon Kiji", This was him activating his "Hands", with this he created a cradle with the unused sleeves on his lefthand side of his cloak.
" Can i carry them for you ? he asked.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

She watched as he used jutsu to create hands of sorts out of his sleeves. It seemed a bit strange to her that he wasn't using his actual hands. Maybe there was something wrong with them? But that seemed to be a bit too personal to ask a complete stranger. So she'd have to ask about it later.

"No, that's alright. You have to be delicate with them, and I don't your, uhm, hands would be able to do that." She said, trying to sound as nice as possible. She didn't want to upset the poor boy after all.

"Anyway, we better get going before my parent's freak. Just follow me alright. It's not that far away. Gotta be close to the best wildflowers afterall." She added, sounding a bit peppy when talking about the flowers.

[Kagai Tentei]

Well she didnt want his help that was fine, delicate it was cloth, but anyway he released the jujutsu and got ready to flaot along behind her as she left,
"Where are we going and what are we looking for ?" He asked, he hoped he would not get the "Forest and a flower" answer becouse that did not narrow it down in anyway shape or form,
He was eager to help.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

"Oh, I got just about everything I need. These are rather rare plants, so there aren't a lot of them. But if you do see any let me know. Hold one if you need to know what it looks like. Just be careful holding it okay."

Grabbing one of the flowers, she handed it over to him. It didn't look anything that special. It had a rather long stem and had a few large leaves. The head of the flower was yellow and had thin but medium-length petals. All in all not the greatest looking flower.

"Anyway, I just need to stop by the flower shop and drop these off, and then I'm free for the day. My family owns the shop by the way. It's a Yamanaka clan tradition."

[Kagai Tentei]

Oh, he looked a littel upset he didnt have a clan tradition, he didnt have a clan anymore.

" Its ok i can remeber it" He said smiling again, He bagan to scan the area, looking for anything that might look even a little like this he wanted to at least look like he was helping.

After a little bit he found somthing that looked like it, " I got one over here " He called over to her, nodding his head towards the flower.

" Whats it like to have a clan ?" He asked, the closest thing he had to a clan was his temple.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

Inoko grabbed the flower and began to turn it around to get a better look. She then gave the stem a carefyl little squiz, and looked to see if anything dropped out. When nothing did, she threw it away.

"Gotta be careful for look alikes. The flower we have has some, uhm, certain properties within it that can't be seen with a glance. Guess I should have told you about that before sending you out."

His question sounded a little strange to her. What kind of question was 'what is it like to have a clan?' She wasn't really sure what the answer could be. Still, she hated silence, and so began to try and explain the best way she could think of.

"Uhm, have you ever had a family? A clan is basically one giant family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, the whole deal. Plenty of people to love an support you, as well as be a big pain in the butt sometimes."

[Kagai Tentei]

" Of course i have had a family ", He seamed alittle taken aback by this, what did she think he was some sort of hell spawn, "There just not with us any longer thats all".
His family never was all that big anyway.

He got back to looking for the flower, he wanted to be helpful he really did, this might have been his first friend from school his parents would have been proud.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

"Oh, sorry."

The mentioning of a family's death was a bit of a moment killer, and she really couldn't respond to it. She just looked down at the ground trying to act as if she was interested in whatever it was down there.

(Do you mind if we open this up to others because I just can't seriously think of anything for us to do.)

[Kagai Tentei]

(yeah sure, we can go meet someone if you like)
Kagai loved the long silences, the let him think, about everything in the world.
He stood there for a while not saying anything.
" Do you have any friends ?" He asked aquardly, this was such a childish thing to say but he could not help but think that if he could be "friends" with someone like this then he might have a chance at being friends with other people as well, and apparently fiends made you happy.

[Yamanaka Meushi]

((Yeah, why not. Anyone in mind?))

"Of course. I'm one of the most social people in Konoha. Just about everyone in my graduating class knows me." She said rather proudly.

Though she did forget to mention one thing; her reputation was kind of tarnished. Sure, she was rather outgoing, and was generally nice. However, she also had a bit of a mean streak at times, and those sort of things happen to stay in people's minds more vividly. So many of them did know her, but mostly as a bit of a arrogant and looks-obsessed girl. Still, she wasn't going to tell him that. She'd rather not be starting things off on the wrong foot with anyone, even someone who looked as creepy as he did.

[Kagai Tentei]

Well wasn' this an odd match probably the most socialy stigmatised person in konoha conversing with the most social.
" Can we meet them ?" Again he knew that this sounded childish but he was a child and he did want friends.
He didnt know how she would take that, he was sure that he would be an imbaresment, his cloths were not in, his idea of fun was not that of anyone else's.
But then again what could go wrong, the village hate him more, his school talk to him less... i guess if they were to do that they would have to take speech away from him.

He stood there silently waiting for the answer.

(No who ever, unforutnatly i dont think there are many other genin on the board, its your choice)

[Nara Shikaniku]

The great thing about the woods was the quiet. Normally Shikaniku would be in the Nara clan's woods, but it was deer breeding season, and he did not want to get involved with that. So instead, he headed out to the woods around the town. Right now he was just chilling in a tree limb, staring up at the clouds through the leaves. The shade was relaxing, and the clouds were almost hypnotic. He'd have fallen asleep if it wasn't for the sound of people coming.

Sighing, he turned around to see who it was. The girl he knew from the Academy. It was Inoko, the rather loudmouthed girl who considered herself the queen of the Genin. The guy he remembered seeing somewhere, but all he knew was that he was quiet. His kind of person, and an odd one to be walking with Inoko. He wasn't sure if he should reveal himself, but Inoko quickly took care of that.
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Inoko wasn't sure who exactly to meet, but the sight of Shikaniku poking his head from behind a tree gave her an idea. He was a rather unexcitable fellow, perfect for Kagai. Besides, he was aloof to the social world he probably wouldn't say anything bad about her.

"Looks like you'll get your chance. Hey, Shika! Come down here and meet this guy. I'm sure you'll like him" She yelled in a way that the Nara could not ignore. She then turned to Kagai.

"I'm sure you'll like Shika. He's a rather quiet guy like you."
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Seeing as there was no chance of escape, Shikaniku reluctantly got of the tree and back onto solid ground. His hands were in his pants pockets, and he looked rather dully at Kagai.

"Hello there. I'm Nara Shikaniku. I see you already met the resident loud..."

He stopped when he saw Inoko's face turn sour, and decided it was best to stop while he was ahead to prevent a beating. One time he had accidentally implied she needed to lose weight, and he still carries the memories of the pain he got in return for it.