Hikari watched Shizuka leave, glad that at least one of them had a family to go home to. She had grown close to both Shizuka and Daichi in the years they'd worked together. She was was thankful that the other woman, three years her senior, hadn't gotten crazy or competitive or jealous when Hikari had been promoted to Jonin the year before. Shizuka was still a chunin, which she was okay with. They all knew that not every ninja made it to Jonin, and while Hikari had no doubts that Shizuka would make it, it was nice to know that she wasn't so eager that that lost sight of everything else.<br/><br/>While she was close to Shizuka, there was no denying that she was closer to Daichi. The two had bonded in a way that she and Shizuka could not. She would give her life to protect him without a second thought, as she knew he would, too. They shared a tragic past and they'd gone through everything short of the actual tragedies together. Through that they had gotten closer and there was no doubt that he was her closest friend. Even her own brother had not been so close to her before his disappearance, or death, if that were truly the case. She was thankful to have someone, even if not her family, so that she didn't have to face everything alone. It was something for which she would be eternally grateful.<br/><br/>She didn't miss Daichi's gesture to the shop where he liked to eat, even though she looked ahead rather than at him. "I had a feeling you'd say that." she chuckled as she turned and followed him towards the shop. She looked up at him when he spoke, nodding to his question. "Yes, I have. I think that it is a horrible idea for you to take up dancing. Really, for a ninja you really are quite clumsy when it comes to dancing, although I guess you could attribute that to your size..." she paused after a moment a snickered to herself. "Oh, you meant the OTHER conversation. Gotcha." she nodded and put on a serious face. "Well, we're pretty sure it's the man who goes by the name Tetsuya, right? Well, I did some digging and I think I might have an idea where to start looking. Problem is getting there and finding him. You know we're going to get another assignment as soon as we speak to the Hokage tomorrow, and we might not even get one as a squad, they might send me off on my own again. We can't very well just go running off, either." she sighed lightly and looked up at the sky and the clouds forming above them. "I suppose we could always take our concerns to the Hokage and see if we can get permission to at least go on a scouting mission, see if we can find him or learn more about him and find out what we're up against. If he's doing anything to hurt people, we can use that as justification to get a team together and try to take him out." she suggested and shrugged. "What about you? What do you think?" she asked curiously.