"I'll not die to either." Naomi said simply, ignoring his question altogether as she crossed her arms, pushing her breasts up over them, "I thought you and I were more alike, Yoshi. Being on guard is good... but your fear is a weakness."<br/><br/>"Isn't the Sharingan brought out by a great excess of emotion?" She asked, turning to look at him as she walked towards him, "You haven't awakened it yet, have you? I can see now where the Uchiha get their bloody reputation... As ninja, we are trained to restrain ourselves, to deaden our emotional attachments. But the Sharingan demands just the opposite- it's no surprise that ninja have killed their own beloved just to awaken it... Is that why you're afraid?"<br/><br/>"Lucky I don't have to deal with such a troublesome 'condition' but who knows? Maybe you'll get lucky during the exam and... awaken it then." She said, smiling, "I was headed back to the hotel because the meal's complimentary... Unless you're offering to pay for me, I think I'll just have lunch there."<br/><br/>She shot him a glare and a grin, "Don't think I would owe you anything, though..."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Oh, Shiori-chan." The kiri kunoichi said with a laugh, "They teach you how to be a Kunoichi in Takigakure, don't they? Sorry, Ichi-kun, but it's only a risk for<em>them.</em>"<br/><br/>He stiffened his back and quirked his head, "What do you mean by that?" he asked, seemingly genuinely offended.<br/><br/>"Boys are so... sentimental." She said, leaning in close with a wink, "Most will eat out of your palm if you promise them enough. There's already plenty of guys here in Kirigakure that would help me out if I blew them a kiss or fluttered my eyelashes at them. They are as much our rivals in the exam as you guys will be."<br/><br/>The blind ninja turned his head away from her and huffed, "There's... plenty of girls who go falling head over heels for bad boys, too."<br/><br/>She closed her eyes and smiled, "Yeah, but don't you feel obliged to ...<em>protect</em>them, Ichi-kun? Isn't that what you would do, being such a strong and handsome and<em>virtuous</em>ninja? I can tell you're the chivalrous type."<br/><br/>He blushed and began to stammer, "Oh, relax." she said, putting her hand on his own, "Your secret's safe with me. Heh, Now I get it... you're both from such a small village, everyone already knows each other. Nobody can have any secrets, right? Is that why you two haven't...?" Her eyes half-closed and she gave a perverted smile, "You know, there's a discreet love hotel just down the stre-"<br/><br/>"No thanks." Ichimaru said, shaking his head as he sunk his head until his cheeks met his shoulders, "I-it's not like that."<br/><br/>Sayuri thoughtfully paused, "Huh." Shiori could tell what was on the kunoichi's mind... She seemed attracted to the both of them, and attracted also to the idea that they were together. This free spirit just loved love, it seemed. Sayuri appeared to be more interested in the blind ninja at her side, but even knowing that they weren't an item- she refused to make any passes at him. At the same time, she seemed intent on getting them to be more intimate with each other... Shiori's intuition told her that there was no malice or ulterior motive behind her demeanor, and in fact Sayuri was treading very carefully.