It would have been to most people's surprise to see Akigo actually blush as he approached the ramen stand, after Kaya's comment. There were only four years seperating them, and the cocky Cockerel was used to handing out banter, but not really receiving it...from 16 year-old Uchiha girls. The whole teacher/student thing was important to the Senju. He had heard<em>stories</em>from other jounin.<br/><br/>He floundered obviously, and nearly gulped with relief when the Inuzuka kid saved him.<br/><br/>Akigo laughed loudly, too loudly maybe, because of his sudden awkwardness. He completely allowed Kegawa's nigh-pornographic comment and slapped the feral kid on the back heartily. The messy haired Senju was sure the cool Kaya could come back with something sharp (or flirtatious) and wouldn't need her team leader to back her up. However, images of Kegawa, Kaya and Hairomaru did spring to mind...the kind of images with clouds and sushi in just the right places.<br/><br/>Akigo silently cursed himself and blushed even deeper and muttered out a demand for ramen, getting his favourite chilli chicken ramen, and getting three steaming bowls of takayama-style ramen for the chunin, (it was a slightly less expensive dish and less spicy, although packed with spinach, ginger, garlic and pork).<br/><br/>Akigo turned around and perched on a nearby bench, using his chopsticks to shovel the delicious oily noodles into his mouth, gesturing to the three bowls for his three teammates.<br/><br/>"Get your strength up, we'll probably need it. No beef, but red meat has a lot of unnecessary cholesterol anyway. You know I used to be a nutritionist as a day job? It's good twice a week, no more. I'll treat you some for when we get back. If you're good. And don't get killed."<br/><br/>An eyeroll, hair flick and messy chilli-chicken flavoured grin, and the Cockerel seemed to have regained his cool.