Hikari noted the bored, disinterested look on his face. Given that she didn't particularly care what he thought or whether or not his was interested, it was more of a passing acknowledgement than her paying any real attention to him. His shrug told her that he would indeed keep watch before he returned to the branch he'd been sitting on before. She turned her full attention to the girl in front of her. She wasn't fully conscious yet, but she didn't need to be. Hikari would be diving into her subconscious, so this was actually preferable. She could bypass any direct thoughts, because there weren't any, and go straight to where she needed to go. It should shorten the time it took to get the information needed. Once the girl woke, she would know, and she would have access to her conscious thoughts, but until then, she could focus solely on what she was there for.<br/><br/>She took a seat in front of the girl, her legs crossed one over the other. She put her hands together in a seal, closing her eyes as she did. When she opened her eyes they glowed a bright purple. She wasted no time in delving into the girl's mind. She bypassed her conscious mind easily because she hadn't fully regained her consciousness yet, diving straight into her subconscious mind. She sifted through the flood of information from the girl's mind quickly, most easily than she would have if the girl had been conscious. She'd found several interesting pieces of information so far, but she couldn't focus on them until she was finished. All of her attention had to be on finishing the process as quickly as possible. Despite hating essentially putting her life in the hands of someone else, she blocked out the outside world as well, which meant that she was completely unaware of everything going on outside of her mind and the girl's mind, but it sped up the process significantly, which meant she'd likely finish in a few minutes tops.<br/><br/>She could feel when the girl regained consciousness, forcing her to take in her conscious thoughts as well as the unconscious ones. Thankfully, there wasn't too much going on in her mind as of yet. The girl would have no idea what she was doing. The ability didn't leave any mark on the mind of the person it affected, so there would be nothing to suggest what she was doing. The only thing that gave away that she was doing anything other than simply staring at the girl was the rapid movement of her eyes, which shifted back and forth, unblinking as she sifted through the information. The girl had been with her brother, so there was a chance she would recognize her eyes, but unless something had changed, her brother wasn't nearly as advanced in his use of the Issekigan, so the girl may not know the full extent of its power, even if she recognized it. At any rate, it hardly mattered. There was nothing the girl could do. She could try to fight it, which might work against someone like her brother, but it would be little more than an inconvenience to her.<br/><br/>All of these thoughts flit through her mind in less than a second, before she returned her full attention to the girl. She was getting close to the end, she could feel it. Another minute and she would be finished. The girl was young, so the sum total of all of her subconscious thoughts and memories were not nearly as overwhelming as they could have been, for which Hikari was grateful. She didn't bother to worry about the outside world and what might be going on. Theoretically, despite having shut her own awareness of the outside world off, she would still know if something happened, because the girl whose mind she was searching through was now awake, which allowed her an indirect way of knowing what, if anything, was going on outside. So far she hadn't seen anything of interest in the girl's conscious thoughts, so her search through the girl's unconscious mind continued for another minute or so before she finished.<br/><br/>When the last of the girl's thoughts flit through her mind, she pulled out of her mind. It would take her another minute or so to finish sifting through the information she'd gathered and interpret it, holding onto whatever information was interesting and of some use to her and discarding the rest. By pulling out of the girl's mind she cut off her link to the outside world, but she would finish this more quickly, and this was only temporary. A minute later she finally blinked, thankful to finally be aware of the outside world again. She looked up at Kuro, as if to tell him she'd been successful, then glanced back at the girl without a word. She had something she wanted to say to the girl, but she didn't bother to do so just yet. Kuro would be erasing her memories of them, so it was pointless to do so at this juncture.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Arashi may have allowed the other man to punish the girl, but she was still a part of his team, so he didn't plan to leave her out there any longer than necessary. As soon as the sun came up, he headed out, leaving the city and returning to the place where they had left her. She was no where to be found. He frowned and glanced around, not seeing any trace of her. Rather than look the old fashioned way, he went through a few hand seals and moments later his left eye turned white. "Byakugan." he looked around but didn't see anything even with his Byakugan. He thought he saw something on the edge of his vision so he headed in that direction, hoping he'd find something.