heading towards Kumo

[Hana Kuroda]

"Aww, alright then. That's fine, you wouldn't want to leave any broken hearts behind right?" she giggled at her own joke. Hana suddenly heard a twig snap. She turned to see a flash of silver as a kunai headed straight for her and Kokugen.

[Kokugen Kouseki]

Kokugen was fast to react and he immediately made a shield of crystal over them. "Are you alright?" Kokugen asked Hana.

[Hana Kuroda]

"Y-yeah, that was too close. Everyone! Locate the enemy!" Hana ordered.

[Kurohi Takedi]

"Alright..." Kurohi said, two seconds later he was back and had his opponents by the collar. "Mmm... These kids were trying to be funny..." Kurohi said as the two boys were struggling to get loose of Kurohi's grip.

[Sayuri Misaki]

Sayuri was stunned in silence for a moment but she went up to Kurohi who was holding the kids and asked, almost nicely "What do you two think you were doing?"

[Kurohi Takedi]

"L-Let us go Old Man!" The boys said. "Old Man..." Kurohi repeated. "Yeah, Let us go old man!" The boys said again. "Alright... Now you've done it!" Kurohi said, as he pulled out his swords towards the boys. "So who wants to go first?" Kurohi said, obviously he was joking. But it looked like Sayuri and the others didn't think it that way.

[Sayuri Misaki]

Sayuri stifled a laugh when the boys called Kurohi and old man, seeing as he was only 17, but when he pulled out his swords on them, she immediately stopped. Sayuri shot him a look that said you'd better be joking. She then turned to the boys who were about to run and caught them by the scruff of their collars. "You never did answer what you were doing, you know."

[Kurohi Takedi]

"Well we thought that we could scare you a little..." One of the kids said. "Yeah, though our plan didn't go so well because of the old man..." other boy said. "Quit Calling me Old Man!" Kurohi shouted to the kids. "OLD MAN! OLD MAN! OLD MAN!" the said to annoy Kurohi. "Aaaahh," Kurohi said as he trip when one of the boys found a perfect opportunity to trip him, making him fall on top of Sayuri.

[Sayuri Misaki]

"And why would you want to scare us, hmm?" she asked but didn't get a chance for an answer before they started yelling old man at Kurohi and tripped him. Kurohi fell on Sayuri and she had to let go of the boys as they fell.

[Kurohi Takedi]

Kurohi was face to face with Sayuri this was intense, it looked like he was about to kiss her when, "What Old Man don't have the guts to kiss your GirlFriend, Kurohi got up as soon as the boys said old man, now he was pissed. He grabbed the kids by the collar. "I'll be back, I'm going to leave this kids back to the village be back in about 15 minutes," Kurohi said as he headed back to the village luckily they weren't so far away. "No Old Man! Not Back to the Village!" the boys said lastly after disappearing along with Kurohi.

[Sayuri Misaki]

Sayuri blushed. Kurohi's face had been so close to her own that they'd almost kissed. She nodded to Kurohi as he took the kids back to the village and sat up, still blushing from the boy's comment and the fall. She looked over to Hana and Kokugen and smiled shyly at them to show she was alright but still sat there, staring after Kurohi and wondering what he though about that girlfriend comment.

[Hana Kuroda]

Hana giggled and walked towards Sayuri and helped her up. "That was pretty cute you know. Too bad you let him get away."

Hana then turned serious and said to the rest of the group. "That was pretty close though. Even if they WERE kids we all need to be alert. We'll be in the outskirts of Kumo soon."

[Sayuri Misaki]

Sayuri stuck her tongue out at Hana playfully and blushing slightly. "You're right about the kids, none of us noticed him until it was almost too late. Anything else that comes is going to be a lot worse than those little kids." she said. Sayuri turned back to the path as Kurohi came back without the two little boys. "Did they tell you anything else?" she asked him.

[Kurohi Takedi]

"Nope, they're parents were looking for them like crazy," Kurohi said. "Oh yeah I got this as a reward for taking them back," Kurohi said while showing a bag full of cookies. "Anyone want some?" Kurohi asked.

[Sayuri Misaki]

"Hmm well, its good that their parents aren't worried anymore." Sayuri said to Kurohi. then she saw the cookies. "Ooh I'd love some!" she exclaimed excitedly.