"Oh?" Tarui placidly said, "That's a shame."<br/><br/>She paused for a moment, "If that's the case then... what did you spend the whole night doing, exactly? Wait." She put her sleeved hand up, her exact gesture invisible to him but fairly easy to guess, "I don't want to know. Just don't get any of these other genin pregnant."<br/><br/>"Kurai would get jealous, I think." She leaned back and began to chug her own water bottle.<br/><br/>"Heeeeyyy!" Came a high-pitched impish voice from afar.<br/><br/>It was Kay, calling out from the bridge above them. She hopped over and landed a few feet from the Jounin and Genin. "Here you are." She said, brushing a bang back out of her eyes. Dressed in her usual attire, Kay was a striking young woman. Standing at a diminutive three feet, she was dressed in white shorts, a light gray tank top over a fishnet shirt, with two long red tassels hanging from her shoulder blades. Her dark skin cut a stark contrast to the light colors of her outfit.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"Hime-chan, eh?" The bikini-clad Kunoichi chirped, "Good to see a man who recognizes royalty when he sees it. But then I'd expect nothing less from a Hyuuga. Those eyes, that hair... Must be."<br/><br/>The woman sprang up out of the water and onto the shore, standing just a few feet from Yuki and Makoto. She was clad in waterproof booty shorts and nothing else below the waist. "Hozuki Kasumi, or future<em>Mizukage</em>, if it'd please you." The princess introduced herself, "Oh, this little lake's quite nice, isn't it? It's alright, you can use it."<br/><br/>"Well, well." Makoto's voice echoed from within her puppet, "The scions of three great clans all here together."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"I suppose that makes sense." Hanabi tapped her lips thoughtfully, "Being underestimated is an advantage, sure... but it also makes you a target. I don't care how good a ninja you are, one against twenty is bad odds."<br/><br/>She closed her pupil-less white eyes with a slight smile, "But... you have a point. Kodoku's got his reasons... and Teru would rather make friends with the Mist's stray dog population than any of the other ninja. I actually haven't seen her all that much..." Hanabi walked along with her hands in her pockets, forcing Azuki to follow after her.<br/><br/>"Kodoku's been working on something, actually." She remarked, leaning her head to the side, "... but I don't want to ruin the surprise."<br/><br/>The Jounin smirked... then quietly murmured, "We're being followed. Don't look now. See the electronics store right there? In the window... the one with the sword."<br/><br/>Following her eyes, Azuki could see Hanabi and her own reflection walking towards the glass some twenty feet ahead. Hanabi stiffened her back and continued to walk forward, giving Azuki a glimpse at their follower. There was, at least ten paces behind them, walking confidently and methodically a long-haired girl with bangs framing her face, pale crystal blue eyes, pale blue skin, and a greatsword strapped to her back. She wore a black and navy blue sleeveless wetsuit that ended at her thighs. She wore a Kirigakure headbang around her neck and bandages around her wrists and ankles, with ninja sandals on her feet.<br/><br/>Plus, she was making absolutely no effort whatsoever to hide the fact that she was following them. In fact, all three of them lifted and dropped their right foot at the same time.