It turned out that the reason the girl had run into him was because she had been too busy looking up at the cat in the tree.  Kino supposed that it wasn't too big a deal since he had also been preoccupied looking up at it.  His guard had been let down and his field of vision was too narrow.  It meant that he'd missed someone coming up from behind him and, just like that, he could have been attacked!  Kino was lucky that this time it was just someone bumping into him.  This meant that he needed to work harder so that when he enrolled in the Academy in a couple more years that he wouldn't be attacked from behind.<br/><br/>After he helped her to her feet like his mother taught him, she thanked him, to which he nodded.  It was an important rule, after all, being nice to girls.  Well, be nice to them if you're not fighting them.  Luckily for the girl, they weren't fighting now.<br/><br/>When he asked if she had ever gotten a cat from a tree, she shook her head, but did say that her father taught her how to climb.  Kino nodded approvingly.  That was a good first step.  He could climb trees as well, but it was much slower than how a trained, skilled ninja could.  When he mentioned his dad walking up a tree, she asked if he meant like shinobi.  Kino nodded, "Yeah.  Dad's well respected and was given the opportunity to move here before I was born to work as an abassa-something.  Someone who helps the Village hidden in the leaf and the Village hidden in the sand work better together.....or something like that.  Dad went on a long explanation, but I wasn't really paying attention."<br/><br/>Kino's pale cheeks colored faintly at that as he avoided eye contact, "Ah, but my mom can also climb trees like that.  She was, and still is, a Medical-nin.  We live on the edge of the Nara Clan's forest where she keeps various plants for medicinal purposes.  We're on decent relations with the Nara Clan because she provides treatment at reduced prices in return for being allowed to cultivate the plants on a portion of the forest."<br/><br/>After he introduced himself, the girl apologized yet again and said her name was Yuhara Midori.  Kino cocked his head to the side when he looked at her, "You apologize a lot, don't you?  Well, in any case, good to meet you, Midori-chan."<br/><br/>After the introduction, she started talking about how she could climb the tree, but she was too short and too worried at the small kitten she carried around.  Then, Midori asked him if he could climb.<br/><br/>"Ah...yeah, I can climb.  I mean, I'm not the greatest and I'm not any taller than you are.  Maybe I can hold onto your kitten and you climb on my shoulders?  I think you might be able to reach the lowest branch like that.  The branch with the trapped cat is in arms' reach from there.  I think I can catch you if you should fall though."