Hatsu did as Atma said and watched carefully throughout the entire complicated process. About halfway through it became clear he was making kunai. When it seemed he was finally done with this and put some more metal into the forge to heat up, he asked Hatsu what he'd learned.<br/><br/>"Well..." Hatsu started, running through what he'd watched again in his head. "You hit the metal a couple times then put it back, so I guess it's bad to try and shape it once it's cooling down. You need to have all the right safety equipment like the gloves, aprons and tongs so you don't get burnt. Obviously you're not supposed to touch the hot metal with your bare hands. It looks like you systematically heat the metal, shape it, and cool it in water, but I don't know the reason. And it looks like you let the metal cool on its own when you're done shaping it. Oh," he said, "And next time, I think I'm going to wear goggles so none of those sparks land in my eyes. 'Cause they hurt."<br/><br/>Yami remained silent. Letting him speak only what he observed.<br/><br/>---------------------<br/><br/>Hiei sighed, she was so touchy. He was starting to remember why he kept to himself most of the time. On the bright side, depending on what view you looked at it from, at least it seemed Anaka hadn't given up on searching for her brother. They wouldn't know anything conclusive about him until they actually saw him with their own eyes.<br/><br/>He had an idea that might give them a lead, but that lead would be questionable. He lead them off into the part of town where there had once been a community garden. Hiei had noticed that for a little while after the invasion, the garden had been doing extremely well. Then after a few days it started to deteriorate. He'd thought nothing of it at first, but a few weeks ago its condition had started improving again. He figured that Yami was taking care of it because he felt it belonged to him, like the rest of nature and man-made things, but when he was in a host's body he was busy training them and didn't have time.<br/><br/>Looking out at the garden now, it was shriveled and dead. He couldn't be absolutely certain, but if his theory was correct, that meant Yami had already found a new host. Lost in thought, he simply stared silently at the garden, or what was left of it anyway.