"Shiori-chan..." Ichimaru whispered, "I'm sorry.."<br/><br/>His words were just a murmur so that she'd be the only the one who would hear it. He was fairly disciplined, able to hide his emotions well... but she could tell he was frustrated with himself. They made it in the end, which was an admirable feat in of itself, but she knew this experience would shame him for a while yet. With a pout, he got up out of the water as well.<br/><br/>"It's okay." Sayuri said, closing her eyes and smiling as she leaned forward to look at them both from her own seat beside them, "You guys..." She seemed to get serious for a second, poignantly continuing, "...really did come here together, huh?"<br/><br/>"Tell you what." She continued, looking rather ashamed with herself as well, "Whatever you decide to get- it's on me. ...My way of apologizing for testing you like that. I'm not used to outsiders coming here very often."<br/><br/>Sayuri giggled nervously and stood up before they could question her further. She whirled around and pointed straight ahead at the restaurant nestled between two tall buildings, "There we are! Kawamura Sushi! Doesn't look like much... but isn't it true that all the best local places are off the beaten path?"<br/><br/>The blind ninja sprang up, eager to show that he wasn't deterred in the slightest. "They won't mind if you're all wet. Heh heh..." Sayuri said, "I come here all the time like this." Indeed, though the sun was hidden by a misty veil that it only occasionally shone through, Sayuri's skin had a sheen to it. Individual rivulets of water could be seen dragging down her skin, following the contours of her shapely body. She shook her hair as if to dry it. If Sayuri was the prototypical example of a Kirigakure ninja, it was easy to see where Tomo's blue hair and competitive personality came from... Ichimaru, too, was soaking- his hair sticking to his forehead protector and his shirt clinging tightly to his body, outlining his muscles and displaying his nipples through the fabric.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Naomi and Kurai both gave a simultaneous 'Hmmmmmm' in deep thought.<br/><br/>The Nara girl inhaled for a moment and concentrated on her own sense of chakra, "That<em>is</em>strange. One moment it's there... and then next it isn't. Then it zips across..."<br/><br/>He felt the signature appear from another angle on the periphery of his sense, headed straight for them... Naomi turned to face it, "They're headed-" She went silent, since anything else she would say would surely be heard by this seemingly invisible person. The presence came up to Naomi, stopping for a second... before whirling around and then changing direction straight for Kurai. Faced with another obstacle, the chakra signature darted away in the opposite direction before it left the range of his chakra sense again.<br/><br/>"Did... you feel something just now?" The Cloud ninja asked. Those movements were like a fish, but that chakra was much too strong for any ordinary animal. Yoshi and Naomi had a direction to follow, but with how fast it moved, they couldn't tell for sure just how reliable that information was.<br/><br/>Just then there was a woman's shriek in the direction that the chakra disappeared to, "Sh-sh-sh-sh... Waaagghh!"