His dreams were, as usual, troubled. Mixed with blurred visions of things that could not be quite identified, and things that didn't quite make sense, all of this would be forgotten once he awoke from his slumber, like always. He never remembered what went on in his 'dreamscape' once he opened his eyes, all Kuronotsurugi knew was that whatever he dreamed about made him feel uneasy, even after having being shake awake, either from the fact of the dream being a bit crazy, him having enough rest, or something else waking him up. In this case, the thing that woke him was his clone.<br/><br/>Without him realizing it, he'd been asleep for almost two or three hours now, the sun slowly crossing the sky, and beginning to dip in the west on the horizon. The shadows of the trees grew larger, and it became harder to see. But for someone like himself, or any shinobi really, it wouldn't be too much of a hindrance, this darkness of night.<br/><br/>His clone had noticed when Hikari had returned, and was watching from a branch up above as she cooked the fish, after catching the book that had fallen. It didn't take long for the fish that, no doubt the girl had caught herself, to finish, and even from up where he was at, Kuronotsurugi's clone could smell the scent of the cooked fish, and it was quite delicious. It knew that his original was hungry, when his own stomach growled quietly. Jumping up, the clone alighted the branch that Kuronotsurugi was sleeping on, looking quite relaxed and comfortable, his face twitching every now and then. For a moment it stood there, just looking, before kneeling and trying to shake the male awake. "Wake up. Come on...Wake up..."<br/><br/>The clone's eyes narrow, and it frowns, obviously annoyed. "This is what you get for not sleeping enough..." It mumbled. "Wake...UP!" It kicks out, and knocks Kuronotsurugi from the branch, so that he fell downward, who wakes up immediately, catching himself mid-fall, a hand reaching out and grabbing a branch. For a moment he just hung there, before letting himself drop to the branch below, and then easily hopping branch from branch downward, to the ground below. He glares upwards once he was at the bottom, a deadly look in his eyes, before using a hand sign to dismiss the shadow clone, which disappeared in a puff of smoke.<br/><br/>He noticed the book that was set on a rock, it was the one he dropped, and he goes over to it, picking it up, and noticing the fish and berries set there next to it, lain out on a plate. No doubt it was for him. He was caught between eating it and not, but decided to at least be nice. So, after pulling some brown paper meant for wrapping meat, he puts the fish in it, securing it and putting it back in his pouch. However, the berries he ate right away, enjoying them despite himself. They were nice and juicy, just at their ripest stage.<br/><br/>He leaves the plate where it was, along with a note to Hikari that read 'Going to stream. Will head out on mission after. Go on without me.' And, in smaller letters under it, were the words 'thanks for food. it was good. -Kuronotsurugi.' He turns and leaves in a blur of movement, heading towards the stream that Hikari had gone to earlier. Arriving there, he kneels down on the bank, cupping his hands and scooping some water up, splashing face, and then taking a few sips of the cool liquid. It tasted refreshing, and after he'd gotten his fill, he wipes his hands on his pants after standing up straight. It was almost time to begin. Just a little longer before sunset, and then the mission would be a go.