Josephine
"Only one pun on the greeting? Something's wrong with you." Kichi says, his face shifting into a lazy smile in a *Moment* - given his skills with infiltration, Azuku might be able to tell that the only reason she'd caught that look was because he hadn't noticed she was approaching. Perhaps a sign of his own feelings on what's coming? Or perhaps not. "I'm fine. Getting ready to spread my wings, working on an A-rank wind chakra enhancement technique." 

He eyes the shuriken for a moment though - she wasn't someone he usually saw using them, so he takes notice almost immediately. "Or are you looking to ask for help this time around?" He doesn't squat down again, beckoning her to come on up to join him on the wooden pillars that they'd met on. When she does, though, his tone quiets and he just mutters as he throws several shuriken down range.

"About a month left." There's hardly any emotion in the tone, as if it had been sucked out through a straw. He doesn't elaborate, trusting that she knows what he's talking about. He's trusting her even with the rough time range - it'd make reporting him and getting evidence even easier if she ever wanted to do that.
Anita
"Ahh shut up, constantly coming up with puns is hard, you try doing it every day." She shooed him off. Sure it was a big part of her personality... Or the persona that most people saw, but sometimes it was a little difficult to think of the right play on words. "Oooh, fancy tough tech huh? You might need some help then... Or... You know..." He got the nail right on the head, as she fiddled with the shuriken.

"Yeah... I uh... Might need help... __don't__ laugh! I'm not *Kitten*, this is already embarrassing enough but, I... I kinda suck with shuriken... But... It'd be stupid to *Nyat* Learn how to use them considering the abilities I have." She huffed, approaching as he beckons her, wondering what he has to say, before listening to the words coming out of his mouth.

There's a pause, small, as Azuku straightens, looking at him. There's a... Conflicted expression on her face. It had been so long since he'd proclaimed his intentions that she'd honestly thought he had tapered off. But, that just meant he'd been focused solely on... "Ah, I see..." Her tone was also neutral, even, betraying no strong emotion.

"So, what's this technique then, must be something big if you haven't gotten it right yet." It seemed she was very obviously avoiding speaking on the matter, though Kichi would note, her tone was... Somewhat clipped.
Josephine
"Wind Release: Silent Swarm. It's an advancement on Silent Killing and Ranged Silent Killing, utilizing Wind Release to dampen the sound of flying kunai while providing all of the penetrating power wind chakra flow offers." It's deadly - incredibly so by the speeds that Kichi is throwing at these days. Honestly? Azuku would have a *Really* Tough time dodging what he's throwing there as he gives a demonstration. The kunai fly at the dummies ahead, piercing straight through and traveling onward to hit trees a few dozen feet beyond them. 

"What problems do you have with throwing stuff then? You like to throw shade, so I figured you'd be good at throwing something more substantial." He's trying to keep things a bit more casual, but the tension only continues to ratchet upward despite how loose he seems. He has complete faith that she isn't going to report him - and he always has. If he didn't, he would have left by now.

"The first thing you have to learn about shurikenjutsu is direction and purpose. The way it differs from taijutsu is that once you let go of your weapon, it's *Gone*. Everything after that is reaction, figuring out how you're going to continue the flow of combat and capitalize on what you just set in motion. It's doesn't have the time lag that handseals bring, meaning you have a much better control of tempo than other styles of fighting do. That is unless you get jumped - but you have your claws for that."
Anita
"Ah... So that's why you were complaining about the dog whistle noise you were making with your kunai..." He'd been incredibly particular about that hadn't he? Azuku let out a small laugh, he really was focusing on that perfect assassination style, she couldn't even hear them flying, there was barely even the sound of a puncture... She had to wonder how long it took him to get that level of fine precision.

"Oi... I'm *Purrfectly* Kind in conversation, any insults you feel like I'm making are just you *Purrjecting* Insecurities." She sassed him often, she knew that, but admitting that was boring, making obvious bold lies that no one believed was fun, it kept the conversation going. She looked to her own meager supply of throwing tools as Kichi spoke, trying to flip them, though the action was stiff when compared to how he naturally used his own weapons.

"I kinda figured that out... Did some practice throws earlier today... I figured bending em mid flight wouldn't be that hard... I'm pretty sure I was wrong there..." She threw the shuriken at the dummy, and while there was a sizeable force behind it, the Shuriken wasn't flying anywhere near as fast as she'd like it to, causing it to just barely stick into the dummy, though she'd even saw it wobble mid flight, completely unlike how Kichi's flew straight and true. "Hmm... But being able to fight at all corners... Wouldn't be awful either... Well then, for once, you're gonna teach *Me* Instead, make me not suck at this."
Josephine
Kichi actually smiles a bit when she gets into the sassing groove. It doesn't really bother him - it never has, but now it's something familiar. He pretty firmly considers Azuku to be a friend - one of his closest, really, but that's because he didn't have the control issues that she seems to exhibit when it comes to interpersonal matters.

"Sure it is. And I'm sure you don't swallow it all up when you go into a Frontier Patrol meeting. I bet you accidentally let a few puns slip to your commanding officer and went as white as a sheet." He leaps away, bounding to the tree where his projectiles had impacted before returning in only a moment. Shinobi things.

"Bending projectiles mid-flight without redirecting with something else is damn near impossible. Think I heard a few stories about the former Prime Director of the Frontier Patrol doing something like that, but I'm not sure just how legitimate those claims are." He turns toward her again, producing a rather hefty loop of wire.

"You want to learn wires too, or just throwing stuff?"