The journey back to the place called "home"

"Left...right .. left...right...." repeating these words over and over again kinda helped when one was trying to not think about bothersome things. Konoha village...bah.. The more steps away Yoshiko was from that village, the less she was starting to care. Like the village had cast a spell on her, but with the distance the spell and it‘s effects were fading away. The ring on her finger though felt heavy on her hand, even if it was as light as a feather. It was the feelings that came with it that were weighing her down, making her sigh as she thought about taking it off, and yet couldn't bring herself to do it.

As the young Akatsuki member kept walking at a quick pace from the village, a soft humming came from her before that humming turned into a song, the song that her mother had sang for her when she had been small. „Yuuyami semaru kumo no ue. Itsumo ichiwa de tonde iru. Taka wa kitto kanashi karou…..“ Letting her voice fade out, she closed her eyes as she tried to picture her mothers face and her voice. What would you have done, mother? Had things felt like this for her parents when they had first met? But things for Yoshiko was different, she had nowhere to go except the place where those that are hunted down go.

Now standing on a rock that was on a rather large hill, after walking and running the whole day, Yoshiko could spot some distance away a building that looked like a coffee shop for travelers. Taking in a deep breath, as if to gather her thoughts before confronting people again, she noticed that the sweet scent of the flower in her hair was starting to fade. I can't have this in my hair anymore, not when I'm going to my ..."home". Her hand went up to her head and grasped the flower gently before letting it fall down on the rock. Looking down at it, Yoshiko thought about Yoshimaru's words about her blossoming like a flower some day. Shaking her head, she moved her foot to the side and pressed it down on the flower. Being weak means getting killed. If I plan on getting on, finding Hina and become stronger then I can't waste time in silly dreams or thoughts about flowers.

In a swift movement she jumped down from the rock she had stood on and ran down the hill. She moved in a lithe way as her feet carried her without any sound, never slowing her pace down and yet avoiding breaking a single branch or letting a single pebble move from it's original place. Never leave any trace of your existence. That was a lesson that had been forced into her mind, and had until now served the ninja well. I hope this really is a place with food, and where I can buy some provisions. I'm getting rather hungry and have lots of traveling left.

Konoha turned out to be a big dud, since he didn't even get to mass-murder people. Adair sighed and looked around the forest for someone or something to kill to satisfy the urges that he had. Even though his right eye was the one not covered, the left eye urged for Adair to go over the edge and murder something. I feel like destroying something beautiful at that moment Adair spotted a woman walking away from Konoha. She'll do an evil smile appeared on Adair's face as he began to walk towards the path that the woman was on. The woman was probably what others would describe as beautiful, but Adair only cared about her aura it seemed.... evil.

Adair was intrigued by this unknown evil woman that was walking through the forest, but something was off she had a flower in her hair that contradicted what Adair felt about her. The woman reached an area without trees and climbed up onto a rock, while Adair watched from afar as the girl threw that flower down and began sprinting towards the bottom of the hill. " WHAT THE F*CK!?" Adair ran up to see the woman running for a coffee shop that was at the bottom of the hill. Adair looked around before picking up the flower and then he jumped down onto the hill and running down it "BAD DAY BAD DAY BAD DAY!!!!" Reaching the bottom of the hill Adair smacked head first into the coffee shop wall and began to laugh maniacally. " oh that woman..."

Inside the shop the woman was there getting supplies for what seemed to be a journey that might last a while. Adair walked up to her and smiled. "Lady you dropped this" Adair held out the flower and giggled a little. "Whoever gave this to you doesn't know you at all" Adair started laughing again and the whole room stopped and stared at him. "ah... I'm sorry for this I'm Taki" Adair smiled and kept his hand out with the flower for a handshake.

Finally upon reaching the coffee shop, Yoshiko stretched and cracked her neck before walking inside. There weren't many there, but those that were paused with their activities to look at the stranger that had just walked in. Certainly she was a pretty girl but her visible eye seemed cold, the katana on her back overwhelming. So it seemed like everybody decided to leave her be and hope she would just get out of there as soon as possible. This was something Yoshiko was used to, so it didn't bother her, it was more like she was glad to get to be left alone. As she started picking food and other supplies, she heard something that got her attention. Like someone was talking... and running? Just then a bang was heard, like someone had crashed into a wall. What's going on? Others looked up also, but seemed to shrug it off as they kept eating.

Into the coffee shop walked a young man probably just a few years older than her. Like she did, he had an eye covered although it was his left eye. He gave off a strange feeling, and to her surprise he seemed to have his eye set on her while walking closer. His uncovered eye was smiling, but with a rather evil and violent glint to it. Great... I don't have time for trouble. There was low murmur inside the shop, as the people clearly agreed with her that the new arrival was probably nothing more than trouble.

His smile even seemed to be able to tick her off as he held out his hand, showing her the flower she had just dropped a few minutes ago. Whoever gave me this doesn't know me well..? Her purple eye looked from the flower and up into the man's face, her expression now the one of a cold glare as she raised her hand and smacked the flower from his palm. "Were you following me? State your purpose." The usually low, soft voice was now demanding and cold. Does he know who I am? No that can't be... Usually Yoshiko wasn't this quick to get fired up, but she knew this man was dangerous and would most probably play around with her if she wouldn't show him that she was also someone to be feared. Maybe he comes from Konoha and followed me from there? But what does he want?

The girl obviously suspected something, but now Adair didn't care as much about killing her. She intrigued him, her aura got even colder if it was possible. Perhaps he should tell her of his intentions, even though that would mean that the Akatsuki hiding place may be exposed. "ah follo..following you? I'm just a traveler on his way to Amegakure" Adair smiled even though it would seem that this person could see right through his lies. "Ah I'm sorry if I bothered you... it just seems that this flower doesn't match your personality..."

Adair stopped for a second and thought about things. "would you like to hear what kind of flower I think you are?" A grim smile crossed Adair's face and a twinkle popped into his eye. He was going to toy with this woman if he could, see how she reacted. It would intrigue him greatly depending on her reaction so far she had done exactly as he had expected. "Eh if you don't want to hear from a roaming man about what he thinks of you" Adair lowered down and whispered into her ear. "I can see what you really are..." Adair leaned back and stretched before beginning to laugh hysterically for the third time since he had entered the coffee shop.

"I'm joking, joking I only know as much as I can see on the outside" This wasn't entirely true as Adair had already learned some stuff from her reaction to his prodding. "ok the plant that you are is.... Nightshade, deadly yet beautiful"

Just a traveler...right. Seemed like someone was using the lies she herself came up with. Her gaze ran over his face as if she was judging him, weighing and measuring. But the part about Amegakure made her hesitate slightly. No one would use that name just for fun, not unless that person was truly crazy. Not that he seemed that sane. It wouldn't matter if I said no to him, I have the feeling I'd get to hear it no matter what. So she kept silent as she leaned against the counter behind her, her expression still cold while she listened to his words. Certainly he can't know who I am, -but- he may have some good guessing skills. And I'm sure that from my earlier behavior he can guess he hit a soft spot.

Her whole body got slightly stiff as he leaned closer, whispering to her. He can't see shit.. he is playing around. Her hands clenched slightly as she fought the urge to step away from him, never being the one for enjoying others that close. But fortunately he backed away again, and she didn't give him the satisfaction of even blinking as her eye kept challenging his.

How much more could he annoy her? She was getting very close to either punching his face through a wall, or ignore him. From what she felt, he would probably just enjoy getting punched so the other option it would probably be. A Nightshade... darn him. It was her time now to lean closer to him, whispering in a low and sweet voice. Even if each word dripped with threat. "For a mere traveler as you claim to be, you sure talk a lot. If you'd like an advice from another...mere traveler... then choose your words more wisely. Not everybody are as patient as I am."

Not waiting for an answer, Yoshiko turned away and finished paying for her things before walking away from Taki and out of the coffee shop at a quick pace. At the back of her mind she wondered if he would follow or stay for longer at the shop. But her true intentions were in fact to lead him away from the shop if he had in mind to fight her. She didn't want anyone from inside there to observe the fight and possibly get some authorities, not that she suspected many would survive. Her other plan was to say if he had been telling the truth about going to Amegakure. It wasn't that well known which direction one went to get the quickest way there, but she was heading right in that direction. If he followed she could either assume he had been telling the truth about where he was heading, or then he would be coming looking for a fight. Let's see if I will get a traveling companion...

Obviously Adair was hitting a nerve somewhere and this gave him much enjoyment, but the fun was up she didn't want to play anymore. "oh please have mercy on this traveler... he doesn't know how to hold his tongue" while these words came out only a smile was on Adair's face the whole time and it's menace cut through the threats that she created. Adair noticed the woman start to leave after buying her stuff and Adair felt the necessity to follow her. Outside the woman was waiting for him, which meant that either she wanted a fight or a discussion that couldn't be held in front of the customers from the store.

" So I take it that you don't believe my guise... nor do I believe that you are simply a woman traveling." Adair walked closer to her and grinned. " so what do you want to do out here? if you have nothing to say I think I'll go ahead and get started towards Amegakure" Adair laughed and then started walking in the opposite direction of Konoha. " unless.... you're going to Amegakure as well" Turning around Adair grinned at the woman and waved her to come along.

The way to Amegakure was never revealed to many and so it was any man's guess where it actually was and the area was plagued with missing ninjas. "so I've told you who I was... who are you? even if you lie it's better to call or know you as something besides "woman" so...."

This Taki man followed almost right behind her, so she had been right to think he had originally went in there to follow her. She snorted lightly at him as he talked, not making a comment on anything he said. Mostly because she didn't want to be pulled into his game, but also because she was very rusty with talking to people. It may have been that things went so smoothly with Yoshimaru was because of his peaceful and kind nature, along with the patience. As he waved at her, Yoshiko started walking with him in the direction towards Amegakure. Her pace kept up with his as she was quickly at his side, keeping her hands in her pockets while having her gaze to the ground. It did seem like he hadn't been lying about the Amegakure part so maybe they would be able to get along. Not that she had much faith in it.

After a short silence, she parted her lips and began speaking again. "I'm Yoshiko." It was up to him if he believed it or not. Shaking his hand or being formal seemed kind of ridiculous at this moment, so she just nodded towards him. I wonder if he will keep talking the whole way... If so she hoped he would have something interesting to say, instead of keep trying to taunt her. Although how much she hated losing her temperature, then this man seemed to really deserve some punching.

Without letting it show, Yoshiko glanced sideways at her traveling companion while wondering what he was going to do in Amegakure. Was he someone that was visiting, or was his home there also? Deciding that she would be the one breaking the silence, Yoshiko spoke again. "It may seem silly to ask, but why are you heading to Amegakure?"

He could easily lie or decide not to answer her, but she was at least attempting to talk. Why... she didn't know. It seemed to have made her soft to visit the Konoha village. As they kept walking, she played with the ring on her finger and twirled it around. The weather was still good, the sky with no clouds, the wind still except for a few small breezes that refreshed the mood. Maybe I am encountering these many people by fate... something big must be heading my way. Or maybe she was just unlucky.. well it depended on how one looked at it.

The woman decided to come along much to Adair's surprise, he actually expected her to punch him in the face and leave. Maybe he should stop teasing her, while it was fun she didn't seem to get it or even smirk at it. "Yoshiko... most amusing... I lied to you before.." Adair paused for a second and then shook his head. He actually was enticed by this Yoshiko while he felt that he couldn't do anything about it. Adair wanted to know how she ticked. "my name isn't Taki, in fact I have no idea who Taki is except that I killed him at some point..." Adair noticed that he slipped up and revealed that he killed someone, not very good conversation starter.

Adair ignored his comment and answered Yoshiko's second question "I'm headed to Ame for a group that I'm a part of... we're supposed to meet in Ame because of it's reputation as being a great place for missing ninja to hide" Adair yawned as if what he said had no importance. "My going to Amy shouldn't be that difficult to grasp... but why are you going to Ame? I wouldn't be surprised if you were going to the same place I am" I wonder if she is going to Ame for the same reason... if she is... then I will never get to dissect her

Adair's disappointment showed very visibly on his face. "ah I must ask.. why were you in Konoha?" Adair's other personality started pounding on his calm one. It wanted to kill and it needed to do it now. "A... AH! I... I need to.... AH... I need to go to the bathroom... ERG!" Adair moved his hands from his pounding head down to his stomach and grimaced. Adair ran over into the forest and pulled out two of his bayonets and switched his eye patch over to his other eye. All animals in the vicinity of Adair were stabbed and killed them all. Returning to his calm form Adair picked up a deer that his other form apparently killed and brought it back with him to Yoshiko. Only when he stepped out into the light did he realize that he was covered in blood. "I got us dinner while I was at it. I need a bath... I think I hear a river somewhere near by." Adair pointed out a river that wasn't very far away.

She got surprised as he admitted to have lied to her before, now thinking he was maybe not just some random lunatic. So he isn't named Taki, and just confessed to have killed someone. For a moment she thought about pretending to be surprised or even shocked at that later comment, but why bother? The only thing she did was look at him and nod, as if to show she didn't hold any grudges against the lying nor was she going to have a fit about what he said about taking someone's life. I have no right at all to judge others that have had to live the way I have. None at all. "Well from what I hear, you seem to have then some good reason to go to Amegakure." He kept talking, revealing more facts about himself. A group? ...it can't be that... Frowning slightly while looking at his face she started thinking about some other groups than Akatsuki that would be in Amegakure, not succeeding well in that as a matter of fact.

"I'm... going to Amegakure because that is my only home." Best not mention any groups, for all she knew this could be a trap. Something to get information out of her, and she would not be starting to randomly blabber out about Akatsuki. "My staying in Konoha was because of information seeking...nothing more to it really." She was going to ask him the same question as he started getting a rather strange look on his face, almost like he was feeling disappointed before he started yelling and holding his stomach, exclaiming he had to go to the bathroom. A wide eyed Yoshiko simply nodded as he rushed off. Either he -really- had to go, or something else came up... But well, a man had to do what a man had to do... she supposed.

It was starting to get darker, the sun was lazily crawling down the sky as Yoshiko stood still at the same spot, waiting for the man to return. She was starting to wonder if he had run off, or if something was wrong because he was certainly taking longer than could be considered normal. Why am I even waiting..? I should be used to being alone... I shouldn't trust this man.. But yet she kept standing there. A rustling sound got her attention, making her look up only to see her companion return... covered in blood while holding a dead deer. Dinner? It looks more like he went and slaughtered at least 20 people... Well, dinner didn't seem like a bad idea. And since it was getting dark, it was safer to find a good spot to stay the night. "It's getting darker anyways... so we should probably camp. Lets go to this river, we should be able to find a nice spot somewhere close there to spend the night." Yes, let's not just trust the man to walk with you, why not sleep near him also.. Bah, she could sleep somewhere away from him. It didn't really matter anyways.

A good reason to go to Amegakure What could that be? oh it's her home? no way... that she just so happens to be going to her old home in Ame Adair nodded and continued to walk along. He never really cared why she was in Konoha just wanted something of a conversation, but it seemed to be personal. Then he went off and killed all the animals and came back with a deer, but it was nearly dark. The two people went to the river where they were going to set up for the night. "I'm not really sure of the layout here, but I think there is a cave over there." Adair then started to take off his clothes starting with his shirt. Noticing that Yoshiko hadn't left yet Adair teased her"you can see more if you stay here and heck there is plenty of river for both of us." Adair then slowly started to take off his pants, leaving her plently of time to leave.

Adair dipped into the water making the water turn red and became a gooey texture. Adair then grabbed his clothes and started washing them leaving them back on the ground once he was finished. After about 10 minutes of washing Adair got out and put his clothes back on. The backpack carrying Adair's battle gear was close to falling into the river so Adair picked it up and saw his reflection in the water. The eye patch was almost off of his eye which meant that his real personality was almost unleashed. The only personality that had all of it's feelings and acted like a human being. The two crazy personalities had taken over with the eye patch and left the feelings and remorse behind. Adair walked over the cave with all of his stuff and tripped over the deer carcass, which pulled off the eye patch.

A shriek of terror as the real Adair awakened and he remembered everything, before he realized that he wasn't trapped inside of the other personalities. Looking up he saw a beautiful woman and blinked blankly "who... who are you?" Adair got closer to the woman and began to cry "Where am I? What happened?" Adair was hungry and saw the deer, so he grabbed it and pulled it over the fire for it to roast. "do you know me?"

A cave sounds good.. wait.. why is he stripping in front of me? Yoshiko blinked as the man started taking his shirt off, before he thought it would probably be very funny to tease her. His offer made her wonder why there were even male in the world as she snorted. "Oh please... be careful not to drown. I'm sure you'd be very..missed." She grabbed at the deer in her annoyance and dragged it towards the cave, displaying some of her strength as it didn't even slow down her pace. Stupid...arrogant males are clearly everywhere... The sweet smile and handsome face of Yoshimaru entered her mind. Alright...maybe not everywhere ...although I'm sure he would have displayed some of his manly side if given enough time. The cave looked good, it was spacey but not too big, and the opening to it was in a good direction so that fire wouldn't be seen.

Dropping the deer to the ground, Yoshiko took off her katana and placed it against the cave wall. She felt dirty and sweaty, wanting to take a bath also, but she would rather never bathe again than go near that man while he was still having his strip show. Reaching her hand to the back of her neck, she rubbed slightly on it before removing the hair accessory that held her hair back. What a busy day this has been.. She gathered what she needed and was quick in making a smokeless fire, while she started cutting down pieces of the deer. Not long after Taki, or whatever his name was, returned. He was clean now, thank God, since she didn't want to have to sleep with blood smell in her nose.

But as he walked inside the cave he forgot to watch out where he stepped down and tripped over the deer, causing him to faceplant to the ground and loose his eye patch. "You should be more careful you know..." However her comment had barely reached his ears as he let out a shriek, causing Yoshiko to jump slightly. What the heck? His expression was completely different from before as he looked up and at her, having a blank yet confused expression. Who am I? Wait, is he crying?? "Is this some kind of a joke?" Tilting her head to the side, she watched him start to take pieces of the deer to roast. "We met today, not long ago actually. And decided to travel together to Amegakure. If this is one of your jokes, then it isn't funny." He didn't look like he was kidding though as he seemed to keep crying while roasting the meat, causing Yoshiko to ponder if he was a split personality or something. Well that would be .... swell..

I met her earlier today? no that must have been one of the cuthroats at work Adair stopped crying and looked up at the girl. "I'm sorry if one of those personalities hurt you or did anything to you. I can't control them at all. I don't know if the other personalities told you but I'm Adair" Adair stretched out his hand towards the woman. "I'm sorry to be a bother, but what month is it? wait I don't even want to know how long those psychopaths have been in control" Adair thought about it for a second and then realized that he was leaving the woman out of what was happening.

"I'm sorry if I'm confusing you, I have three personalities and I'm the only personality that isn't a killer. Apparently I went insane for a while and ended up with two more personalities which were controlled by my eye that is open while the other is closed. So whatever you do don't make me close either of my eyes. Adair took another bite of the deer before looking over the world outside of the cave. "if... if you don't mind could you take me with you? I have no idea of where I am" The blank spots in Adair's mind were huge and pretty much meant he had no memory of anything. Suddenly the fire flared up and forced his left eye closed.

"oh that little f*gg*t got lose, what did you tell you?!" The sociopath Adair took over again and saw the deer in Adair's hand and spit it out and snarled at the eyepatch on the floor. He got up, picked it up and put it back on. "I recommend you forget about that side of me, because he's not getting out anytime soon." Adair walked to the edge of the cave. "it's dark out damn it. We're sleeping here correct? well then... make yourself comfortable there are many insects here. Adair grabbed some of the deer and dug a hole coated it with ice and then put the deer in. "give me any deer that you don't need and I'll freeze it for later"

Adair .... well finally a name. Hesitantly she took his hand in hers and shook it slightly before letting go. He seemed very confused, scared even. It made Yoshiko wonder just what was going on with him and those...personalities he spoke of. Certainly it must have been horrible to be trapped like that inside your own body. Don't let him close his eyes? This was some serious matter.... but she wasn't sure what to do really. She didn't know this man, wasn't sure if she should feel sorry for him or back off from this case. 3 personalities... so I have now met 2 of them. But how is the 3rd one? I'm not even sure if I do want to know that. She was struggling to find an answer for this lost man, but then as if fate had stepped in he closed his left eye and she could almost swear she saw him change at that exact second.

Mister charmer was back now, flattering her ears with his curses as he asked her what the other had been saying. "He didn't say anything important." Watching him throw the deer away, Yoshiko stood silently up. "We are sleeping here, and insects are the last thing I worry about." She had lost her appetite for now, but took a small part of the meat she had already roasted aside, packed it in paper and put in her bag. The rest she handed to Adair, or well that personality that was now in control. I see he can use ice...how interesting. Picking up her backpack and grabbing the katana, she glanced sideways at the man before stepping outside of the cave. "I'm going down to the river." She thought about adding a small threat towards him if he followed, but she was certain he would take that as an invite so she just turned on her heel and walked at a quick pace towards where the sound of the running water was.

As she came to the river, she dropped her backpack and stabbed the katana in the ground. She took off her jacket and the white shirt she had on underneath it before she let the skirt drop down and took off the socks and shoes. Being her usual not trusty self, she left the underwear on just in case as she waded into the river and dipped herself under the water surface. The water was cool against her skin and she felt better immediately as she started rubbing some soap in her hair and on her skin. As usually she avoided touching her scar as she best could while washing, only barely gracing her fingers against it as she washed the soap off. She raised her face towards the sky, while standing in the water that reached up to her waist. The stars were still just barely visible on the sky, but offered her some comfort.

I best not dwell in here.. Wading from the river and to the riverbank, she reached into her backpack and got a small towel which she used to dry herself mostly with along with her hair. She put her clothes quickly on, grimacing slightly as the materials stuck to her still slightly wet skin, but then walked back up to the cave after grabbing all her stuff together. I hope we will be able to travel a big part of the way tomorrow..I'd really like to be able to take a decent bath soon.

Upon entering the cave, she didn't bother take notice if Adair was there or not. She felt tired and wasn't in the mood to perhaps have to listen to some of his smart ass comments, even though she was sure she'd have the honor of hearing some. She took her jacket off, put it on the ground and sat down on it, leaning her back against the cave wall. Pulling her katana to her, she held it against her with her right arm while resting her head against it. Not the most comfortable way to sleep, but it worked well if something surprising would come up.

Yoshiko was going to take a bath, Adair briefly thought of going to peep on her but he was too distracted by the fact that his original personality had gotten loose. Adair got back to work freezing the deer meat and throwing away the stuff that was of no use. Once all of the meat was frozen Adair sat down by his backpack and thought about things. I wonder who this Yoshiko really is and obviously she doesn't like being teased. I don't think there is anything to worry about of my main personality escaping. Adair pulled out his battle armor and began to put it on, tonight was going to be a difficult night. Someone had probably followed them from Konoha and Adair thought that he had sensed someone while in the forest getting the dinner.

Slipping into the darkness Adair hoped that Yoshiko would be able to stand up to any force that might slip by Adair. Outside of the cave Adair sat in wait, hiding inside of the shadows. Yoshiko came back into the cave after a good 30 minutes and so then Adair sighed and waited. Shadows were all around and menacing eyes looked about, but the eyes were too small to be a humans. Animals of the night after the meat of the deer that was in the cave. Adair did hand signs then shouted out "Ame Aisu" animal cries came from everywhere as the blood of the animals ran into the river making it shine brilliantly in the moonlight. Sleep came naturally as Adair kept watch through out the night, but the warm touch of sunlight woke Adair up. Going into the cave Adair woke up Yoshiko "Hey wake up, Sun's already up and the birds are singing so c'mon let's get going to Ame already." Adair noticed he was still in his battle gear after he woken Yoshiko up.

Quickly changing back into his casual wear hopefully before Yoshiko saw the infamous armor famous in Amegakure to that of "Bloodthirsty Adair". Shoving the clothes into his backpack and slinging it over his shoulder, Adair grabbed another bag in which he had placed the frozen deer meat. "We should be able to get pretty far before lunch so come on let's move out. " Adair started walking out of the cave with the two bags one on each shoulder.

Through her sleeping state, Yoshiko felt something was going on and heard every sound through half the night. It didn't seem like she had to worry though, so she kept being half asleep until the dreams took over. The last dream just under the morning was confusing, making Yoshiko frown in her sleep. She was running in some thick, black liquid that made it hard for her to move. Every step took such effort that she thought she would collapse at any minute. Apparently she was running away from something, but what it was she was fleeing from she didn't know. However much she tried to call out for help, no sound came from her mouth. She felt terrified, she knew whoever was after her kept getting closer by every slow step she managed to move forward and yet she couldn't look back to check it out. Her leg got caught in something, she tripped forward and got stuck with her arms in the liquid. Terror was the only thing in her mind as she felt the warm breathing from someone on the back of her neck as that thing lowered itself over her...

Yoshiko almost jumped up as Adair woke her. The dream had left her slightly confused and it took her at least a full 5 seconds to gather her senses and get to know just where she was and who was talking to her. Oh right... Grabbing her jacket from the ground she wiped the dirt off of it before putting it on. Reaching into her pocket she retrieved the hair accessory and pulled her hair together again. Adair seemed to be busying himself with something in the other end of the cave, while Yoshiko stretched slowly and yawned while rubbing her eyes. Grabbing from her backpack a water bottle, she poured some of the water in her palm and did a quick cat wash before putting the backpack on it's place and then strapping the katana also securely there.

"Alright." Yoshiko took a deep breath, filled her lungs with the fresh morning air and then followed behind him. As they walked, her thoughts kept leading her to the dream while she wondered what it could have possibly meant. Was there something bad going to happen? Was someone after her? But more important... what about this side of Adair I met yesterday? Although she felt like asking some questions, she wasn't sure if she should at all. Everybody were entitled to their own secrets or mysteries. Her eye focused on his strong back as they walked in complete silence. The Adair I met yesterday was scared... this person in front of me now took over his body if what he said was true. But what can I do? If I start asking about this, he will probably either ignore it or start bombing questions at me. Ah, this was surely a weird situation for her to be stuck in. It made her almost wish she was traveling alone again. She couldn't afford worrying about anyone else.

"are you trying to blow me up or something? Staring at me won't do anything if you have a question ask it." Adair was fairly certain of the question and so he sighed and slowed down to let Yoshiko catch up to him. "you're wondering about my many personalities aren't you? If you want to know... then you have to promise not to tell anyone... and I'll let my pussy attitude tell you since he seems to like to talk, but I'll only do this if you promise to make this personality come back, the pussy one has absolutely no fighting skills." Adair slowly reached up and grabbed the eye patch and flipped it up, in an instant his personality changed.

An internal conflict occurred and the sociopath Adair told the regular Adair that he was to tell Yoshiko about what happened. "Ah your name is Yoshiko, how wonderful. I was told that I am to tell you what happened to me to create the split personalities? well since I fear what the other personalities might do if I refused, but I was told to forfeit my control over my body once I was done... you must understand I'm not a bad guy, but my other personalities are. Real bad, baddest of the bad." Adair took a deep breathe and looked at Yoshiko before continuing the story.

"I was a part of a group called Kiyome Buke and our only purpose was to murder every person from an opposing village. I became the best person at this, but in order to deal with it I made two separate personalities. One that mercilessly went around murdering everyone in sight no matter friend or foe. The other was a mixture of my smarts and my ice abilities and for some reason the personality loved to kill as well and I lost control of it. Eventually the second personality took over and made me a missing ninja in order to join a group called the Akatsuki... and that's that I've been forced into a prison in my own soul ever since. Well that's all so I guess I'll cya later Yoshiko" Adair finished with a smile then put the eye patch back on and the personalities changed back. " whatever that pussy told you was the truth so now you don't need to ask" Adair started walking ahead of Yoshiko again.

It seemed like the staring did it's job at least as she didn't have to ask and therefore got rid of him having to think he had the right to ask her about her life. Stopping at his side, Yoshiko waited for him to finish talking. So he -can- also switch freely... "I'm not sure whom exactly I should tell anything, but you have my word." It would be good to get enough information about him so she could perhaps use it later if everything went to Hell. Now she knew that the Adair she had met had no fighting skills, meaning if she would be able to somehow bring him out then it would be easy to take him down. Waiting while he seemed to be preparing himself, Yoshiko watched as the eye patch was taken off and the other Adair appeared. The young Akatsuki ninja crossed her arms while listening to the weakest personality speak. He was fairly polite and seemed to be like a normal person really. Not someone that would be going to Amegakure at least.

Kiyome Buke.... never heard of them. To murder everyone.. she wondered if there had been any solid reason for that. If that group had been made this tough to win a war, or if they had simply hungered for blood. So now she knew that the personality she had yet to encounter was something like a mindless killing machine... charming. She would be very happy if he would keep being kept inside, she had her hands already almost full with the chaotic and smart ass one. Oh boy... can't this personality here stay for the travel...? Her expression didn't change much even if her thoughts were racing as he kept speaking. She tried to memorize everything the best she could, just in case. But as he mentioned Akatsuki, then her expression finally changed into a rather surprised one. So it is as I thought ... does Akatsuki have more of people that are like him? Well she couldn't say much, since she herself was considered a killer.

After he was gone, the gentle personality, Yoshiko hesitated while the current Adair started walking away. Maybe just maybe it would do some good to inform him that they were together in team. One of the upsides of it was that he would probably be less likely to randomly attack her. "Wait a minute." Yoshiko sprinted to his side and grabbed at his arm, making him turn to face her. While looking at his uncovered eye with her purple one, she parted her lips and asked. "If you are a member of Akatsuki, then I am sure you could describe for me what the leader looked like." That would be probably the only proof she could get so she could believe his words. He would now most probably figure out that she was also a part of Akatsuki after her question, but that was least of her worries. If he would give her false information she would attack and attempt to kill him now, since that would confirm that he was nothing but a spy.

It was impossible for an outsider to know what the leader looked like, even if it would be a good spy.

Yoshiko grabbed Adair's arm making him turn about and look at her, she had brilliant purple eyes that seemed to glare into Adair's soul. "Describe the Akatsuki leader? buahahahahahhahahaha you expect me to compromise my leader, just because you wish to confirm something? Stop being childish! I'm assuming that you're Akatsuki now and should know that I can't trust you either. The fact that my other self even said that I was Akatsuki was too much. Are you Akatsuki? because even now I contemplate killing you and covering my tracks. Do you want that?" Adair took a breath of fresh air in before looking around. "well I'm sorry for that outburst, but if you wish I can describe the generalities of the leader so as not to reveal his exact features and thus his identity"

Thinking back Adair never really got a good look at the leader only glimpses of tiny details. With what he had Yoshiko probably wouldn't believe him and he didn't feel like killing another Akatsuki member and getting scolded by the leader. "The leader wears a cloak and stands about the height of 5'9" and all I could see were his light blue eyes. He was always shrouded so I guess I can't say that I know exact details, but if you meet him in the same way you would understand that you would understand."

Hmm he sort of had proof that he was Akatsuki, but she didn't so maybe she was a spy sent to find the Akatsuki hiding spot. "now your turn *Adair placed his hand on her arterial vain in her neck and looked her dead in the eyes* Are you a member of Akatsuki?"

((OOC: Really sorry about the late reply, things have been hectic.))

Interesting, he really wasn't as stupid as he gave the impression sometimes to be. Not only was he able to use a description that would be enough, but he also watched out not to say too much about their leader and therefore not falling into the trap of that question of hers. I might have been underestimating his mind a bit. "You sure are an interesting person." Her eye didn't waver from his face and she kept the cold, indifferent expression while he kept talking. "Do you wish to try and kill me? Because I can assure you that if you think you will be able to, then you are underestimating me greatly. But to answer you, then yes I am also a part of Akatsuki and to add to that description of yours then I can share that he also wears bands that look like a brace around his arm." What more really was there to say about the leader that wouldn't be risky? Well, either her traveling companion would settle with this or not. If he wouldn't she would just deal with that.

While raising her chin in a slightly challenging way, Yoshiko's hand grabbed at Adair's and pulled it from her neck before dropping it down. "So what now? You still wish to fight or not? Because I would like to get it out of the way instead of wasting time." There was one thing she had been wondering about when it came to Akatsuki, and that was if there would be made any teams. Also she had been thinking about when they would get some actual missions, as she felt both excitement and chill at the thought. Being a part of a group like that meant you didn't get to say no to your orders, so either you just did them or would most likely get killed. Will we some day have to fight Konoha? Am I destined to meet Yoshimaru again under the clashes of swords? The wind picked up around them, shifting their hair and clothes. There was a moment of silence as the two members of Akatsuki were staring at each other, everything around them being silent as if a storm was coming. It was as if nature itself was holding it's breath.

What is his strength...weaknesses...? What does he strive for? Did he join Akatsuki to gain more power or because of something more personal? Her visible eye glanced down to his chest, wondering if his heart changed it's beat like hers did whenever she killed. It always happened just the second before she saw the person's eyes close or lose the life in them. Then it was as if her heart stopped for just a moment. It was weird for her, since she didn't feel any remorse or sadness. She didn't share the same normal feelings like any normal person had. If she had to kill, she did that and she didn't hesitate. But then why was it that this happened? Was it because of the first years of her life she had been taught to respect and treasure each life? Yoshiko had by now been sure she would be done getting rid of any unnecessary emotions. Then how was it that Yoshimaru saw into her heart which she had locked up such long time ago? I wonder if I will soon encounter someone that will defeat me. Will I feel scared at my last moments? Will there be remorse? Would this man in front of her feel fear or remorse?

Shifting her stance, Yoshiko waited to hear the words Adair would be saying. She suspected that he would laugh and shrug this whole matter off, but it was hard to really know. He wasn't easy to figure out, and to be frank she had no interest in meeting perhaps the third personality. Already there had been too much delay for the trip to Amegakure.

Adair blushed somewhat from Yoshi saying that he was an interesting person. "aww I'm not that interesting, but please go on" The answer to his questioning of her actual being in the Akatsuki was answered and was correct enough that he didn't have to kill her, but he decided to f*ck with her just for fun. "Are you sure that his brace around his arm? was it perhaps around his leg? what arm was it around? quickly quickly" Yoshi then slapped his arm off of her neck and Adair laughed at her discomfort of people touching her. He would have to remember this for later as it could prove useful if he wanted to irritate her in the future. Taking a small mental note of it Adair appeared to be looking into Yoshi's eyes directly with a potent stare.

"Still want to fight? Did I say I wanted to fight?" Adair blinked blankly at the figure of Yoshi and smiled somewhat to himself. If there was a fight he would probably lose as he had lack of sleep and hadn't fully recovered his chakra from the night before. "You aren't worth my time, as I need to get to Ame as soon as I possibly can." With that Adair turned and started to walk in the direction of what was believed to be Amegakure again. Cocking his head towards Yoshi he motion his hand for her to come along with him. "You don't want to be stuck out here alone do you?"

A small smile appeared on Adair's face, but he wasn't sure as to why he suddenly felt some sort of... pleasant feeling walking towards a potentially deadly place. 'I'm not sure why but I have this great feeling that one day I'm going to be sent on missions just to kill people, oh the great days I will have when I'm actually getting paid to kill people' After he had lost his mind Adair had pretty much adored killing and everytime he killed someone he got the same pleasant feeling that he had toying with this woman. Perhaps it was love? No, there was no way Adair loved this person maybe he adored her but not loved. Perhaps he actually loved killing, but only adored Yoshi? Yeah that was probably it, he loved killing and she gave off a killer aura that's why he adored her. "so... how much do you like killing? if you've ever killed anyone.."

This question was probably going to be either ignored by her or answered with some obscure answer that was of no use to Adair. Maybe even the question was useless as he wanted to stick to his assumed answer which was.. that Yoshi liked to kill just as much as he did.

Did he just blush...? If there was something she would have never expected, that was to see -him- make such a delicate expression. Even if it lasted but a split of a second, making her feel just a little bit confused as at that moment he had seemed more human than ever. It was as if he had gotten a little caught off guard by her answer, but to no one's surprise he was quick to his feet again and had already shot a rather annoying comment at her once again. What kind of a fool does he take me for? I refuse to play his games. Her eye narrowed slightly, the small gesture barely visible as she bit her teeth together. "Don't fool around." How could this man like to tease her this much? She didn't know what kind of happiness these sort of things could give anyone. However, people were different as she had so many times before had to come across. Yoshiko actually did prefer to be stuck there alone, however seeing that they were traveling together for now she didn't have to point that out and maybe give him a reason to shoot back a another witty comeback. There was plenty of time for her to let him know how little interest she had in others. Maybe under other circumstances they would have been able to get along well and perhaps with time, if they would live long enough, they'd be able to communicate without any stiffness. So for now, without making any further comments the Tomoko girl started walking again with silent footsteps, quickly gaining on Adair while having her gaze down to the ground.

His next question made her look up, but not feel really surprised. Does he think I also get off on killing like he seems to do? "I wouldn't think it was any of your business. But since it would seem there isn't much else to talk about, then I can answer by saying I just do what I have to do." Surely she couldn't start trying to justify herself by saying some people deserved to die, or that they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. There was almost always the possibility to simply skip killing. She had trained to kill, practiced her strength by killing but could she say she had ever enjoyed it? A flash appeared for her eyes, the last moment she had laid her eye upon the man that had taken everything away from her. Hadn't she smiled then as she had killed him? Can I justify that by saying I was but a child that didn't know better? Probably not... she could still recall it as clearly as it had happened a few days ago, the sweet feeling inside her chest that made her smile a cruel smile as the last drops of blood had gone from the man's body. And Yoshiko was positive that if she would get the chance to kill him again today, the exact same feeling would wash over her. It was the demonic blood that was boiling in her veins, making her loose all reason. But however from that day when she had been 10 years old, she had never again lost control of herself. The face of her little brother that had gotten killed because of her lack of self control was enough every time she felt that rush go over her to pull her mind back in it's place. Never again would she allow that power to take control, to let herself fall into the claws of her clan's cursed blood. Surely she was thankful for the powers it gave her, but she also knew that deep down inside of her was a rotten core of hatred for the Tomoko blood.

Does he need to feel like someone else enjoys to take lives? Or is this now simply his way of chatting his boredom away? If he was starting to get to know her slowly, then surely he would have assumed she'd never admit enjoying it even if it was true. It was below her pride to boost about killings. Hopefully he doesn't want to try and make a contest of the "kill of the week." She didn't feel that there was a reason for her to ask back, since she was pretty sure he'd share with her anyways. I wonder if he started killing also as a child... surely there are many that have done that. It was strangely sad for her to think about that. In her opinion families should stay together, and be let in peace. You are one wretched person Yoshiko. Here you are thinking about how families should be together and yet you have probably killed people that were a part of a family. Does that make you any better than those you are trying to judge? A small sigh escaped her, the katana felt very heavy on her back right now. It was as if the more she thought about her sins, the more they came back at her. This kind of talking is depressing. But I don't suppose he would have fun talking about something cheerful. Reaching into her pocket while waiting for Adair to share with her his killing experiences, Yoshiko drew up her water bottle and brought it to her lips. After a few small sips she held it out towards Adair in a silent offer. Even if they didn't get along like best buddies didn't mean there was that much of a need to be uncivilized.

After a few short words Yoshi went dead silent, which to be honest was quite surprising to Adair. He expected some big rant about how the killing of others wasn't ok. Or that it was some sh*t that some people deserve to die, but instead silence. Yoshi seemed to be caught in her own little world, so Adair tried to lose himself in his own. Even thinking back to his Kiyome Buke all Adair could do was smile as he thought of killing each member of the opposing village. Cutting an arm off, chopping someone's lung out, everything was giving him a funny feeling which made him laugh. Every though made Adair more and more in love with the sensation of killing. Looking back to Yoshi once he was done reminiscing he noticed that Yoshi was still in her own little world. Adair wondered what kind of world it was since she seemed to have such a solemn face. Perhaps it was the reason that she left the village she came from? or maybe it was a bad nightmare she had once, he had no way of knowing. Adair stopped to allow for Yoshi to catch up and then once she had, he tapped her on the shoulder. "Hey bitch are you ok? you're lagging behind me like a little child trying to look about the sites around us, which I find annoying so either stop it or I'm cutting out ties."

As if to punctuate what he had said Adair started to walk faster than Yoshi again, but he was slow enough that she could easily catch up if need be. He hated to admit it, but traveling with her was way better than alone with his other personalities. "ah I don't actually mean I'll leave you behind... it's another of my silly jokes" Adair felt the weight of his backpack increase substantially as if it suddenly got a great amount of weight added to it. Looking back Adair noticed a squirrel just sitting on his backpack as if to mock him. Swiping a feral left punch at the small critter Adair succesfully connected his punch sending the squirrel flying towards a tree. Adair stopped and looked around as he was very confused as to why a squirrel would be on his backpack.

Once again Adair looked around nervously for another attacking animal, but found none. "sorry apparently animals don't like me that much. The only animals that ever seem to like me are dogs. I can't help it but I love dogs"" Adair once again motioned for Yoshi to join him up in the front. Well at lease he had such a beautiful member as a part of his ram. "sooner that we to Ame if you stop day dreaming so let's get this thing started!"

He seemed not to want any water, so without hesitating she put the water bottle back on it's place. She didn't know it herself when her walking started getting slower and slower as she kept pondering about various things. How long have we been traveling for now? She had already gotten a few days behind her when she was alone before meeting up with Adair. And when considering their speed, it was probably soon they'd be able to enter Amegakure. A light tap on her shoulder made Yoshiko's head snap up while she got distracted from her thoughts. Ah it seems I keep getting caught into the whirlwind of my mind these days. She almost hissed at Adair, barely managing to hold back her annoyance any more. "If you'd be so... kind, then stop calling me that dreadful word!" She swore she would probably make an exception in the fun for killing just for that guy if he called her a bitch one more time. Raising her hand to her forehead while rubbing it softly, she let out another sigh. I can't believe how easy it is for him to get me mad. "I must praise you for your skills at making me loose my temper." This almost amused her, and if she could she would have most probably smiled. However the only thing that happened like so many other times, a slight twitch at the corners of her mouth twitched. Her pace quickened so she was at his side now again, her mind now blank. "Don't worry about it, I think I have by now started to get your....jokes." Look at this as a good opportunity in how to learn into other humans... just keep thinking like that and you wont have to snap over him. Yeah.... that was easier said than done.

As soon as the squirrel had appeared, Yoshiko was already on the alert that someone else was close by. It wasn't that uncommon to use animals as baits to distract people. However, this seemed like a very normal squirrel so she could relax yet again. Adair hadn't put his hand down after the punch as Yoshiko was already at the tree, holding the confused and slightly dazed animal in her arms. It was now her turn to find a slight blush color her cheeks as she put the squirrel on a low branch before turning on her heel and walking fast ahead of Adair. Damn it... I did it without realizing. Animals and children were something she would not hurt unless really forced to, and then it was a situation where it was either her or them. Every child made her think about her lost siblings, but she wasn't sure why she felt this way about animals. She hadn't ever had a pet. Without looking back at Adair as she feared he would use this opportunity to prod at one of her weaknesses, she spoke out. "I hope you don't plan on attacking every... killer squirrel that gets in your path." This time the sarcastic joke was very obvious, making even Yoshiko slightly surprised as she rediscovered her very hidden humor. Well what do you know... maybe I am starting to get used to him. Animals didn't like him? That was weird to Yoshiko, seeing that he seemed to be the type of guy to relate more to animals than humans. Well, it wasn't really her problem anyways. "I agree, we should pick up the pace." She didn't want to start liking anyone or get used to anyone. That just meant that later on she would get burnt when that person would get killed or decide to betray her.

Her first years alone had been difficult, but as the time passed she had gotten more and more used to it until it was the thought of having someone else that seemed difficult to her. What surprised Yoshiko was that Adair seemed to be also getting used to her. She was most positive that he would have left anyone else behind or killed them already. Maybe he holds back because we are both in Akatsuki? While waiting for Adair to catch up to her quick pace, the Tomoko girl couldn't help but wonder how they would look like in the eyes of other travelers. Was it obvious that they were outcasts from the society, or would they be mistaken for any other normal wanderer? Maybe from a distance no one would suspect their identity, but when people saw their eyes then there was no way to not notice that they were people that had killed probably more then 1 or 2 times. Yoshiko had herself many times encountered killers in her travelings, some had tried to hide the facts but it was always the eyes that had given them up. The eyes of someone that had stolen a life were getting way too common with the years, only reminding Yoshiko that with each passing day some new filth was rising up. And she was as a matter of fact a part of this filth. Everybody had to struggle for their survival, and people were forced to choose paths. As Yoshiko had chosen her path, she had of course thought about trying to become someone that wouldn't kill. However her thirst for powers had made her hesitate and think carefully over if she would be capable of doing that. Was she really ready to take the longer and more noble path towards her goals, or was she going to rush as fast as she could?

And so she had chosen. Thanks to her lack of common sympathy towards others, the path she walked on didn't give her any trouble at all.

Yoshi didn't seem to like the fact that Adair called her a bitch, which was another thing that could go down in his book of things he could do to irritate her. Oh and a compliment to boot, he now knew that he had the ability to make her lose her temper. All of these things meant nothing to Adair except that he might get a little more joy from being around this woman named Yoshi. Looking her over top to bottom he noticed that she was just like any other human being in that if he cut off her arm, she would be in pain. If he cut off her leg she would struggle to walk. All of the parts of the human body were in her that were in every person that Adair had sliced to bits. A pounding sounded in his heart, as if this were another person he wanted to rip apart piece by bloody piece. The first part he would cut out would be her brain, the jelly mass that controlled the whole body it would be stored in a jar and would have a label on it 'Yoshi's brain'. A smile came onto Adair's face as he stared at Yoshi and a light mantra came out of his mouth. "Yoshi's brain. Yoshi's brain. Yoshi's brain." This was hardly audible, but still enough for Adair to come back to his fake being of somewhat caring about this supposed "beautiful woman". Adair chuckled as he thought of that. 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what if I hold someone else's eye? do I see their beauty?'

The squirrel was caught by Yoshi and Adair cooled himself off and looked at Yoshi with blank eyes. Why would she catch such a useless animal? It's not like saving such a thing from certain death was beneficial to her in any way. Did she like animals? perhaps she did and that's why she did it or maybe he was just over analyzing the situation. It's not like killing the squirrel was any good either so maybe she really didn't like killing. "I'm hungry... and this deer meat is heavy as fuck. stop for lunch before finishing the journey or just plow through it?" To be honest Adair wasn't really hungry he just wanted a moment to sit down and fight back his urges to rip Yoshi apart piece by piece. He changed his mind, maybe he wanted to take out her heart first and then he could always joke. 'Guys... GUYS!! You won't believe this but Yoshi gave her heart to me! and then I would pull out my jar with her heart and the label "Yoshi's heart" and everyone would laugh and laugh' Again this attack of personality that made him want to sadistically rip Yoshi apart piece by piece. That wouldn't be good for Adair in the future if she really was Akatsuki.

"If you really are Akatsuki... what made you join? I mean it's not every day someone just up and leaves to join a group they've never heard of before. And I'm sorry but I must rest for a second, the hunger is over whelming me." Sitting down on a nearby rock Adair pulled out a piece of the deer meat that he had frozen and after looking up at Yoshi he pulled out another. "Come on take a break to get a good small little snack before leaving again." Quickly Adair lit up a fire 'and started cooking the two pieces of meat and motioned for Yoshi to sit down. " so tell me in detail why you joined Akatsuki, I mean spare no details."

No protesting or laughing about her asking him not to call her a bitch? How remarkable. Yoshiko almost felt like she was scolding a wild dog to stop with bad habits. Something was really off about how this man looked sometimes at her. Yoshiko wasn't sure just what exactly it was, but she didn't feel like she was with the most reliable person in the world. Sleeping with one eye open was definitely something she would be doing from now on. She felt it very well when he was looking her over, but she knew also that this wasn't the usual "checking a female out" thing he was doing. That man -was- dangerous and to be frank she was always ready to draw her katana as she didn't trust him more than she'd trust a pissed off rattlesnake. Really.. nobody that would be in Akatsuki was someone you could turn your back on or try to fool yourself that that person wasn't already killing you in his or her mind.

He's hungry? Well better that he asks for the meat there instead of chewing on my arm.... Yoshiko stopped and looked Adair over. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to stop and eat. Waving her hand towards him she gave the signal that she didn't care either way, but followed his lead when he decided to sit down. What made me join? Well I guess I should have expected that question sooner or later. While sitting on the ground, stretching her legs and cracking her neck to the side, the Tomoko girl watched Adair pull out the meat. She didn't answer his questions just yet, but while watching him starting the fire and start cooking she finally spoke out. "At that time when I joined Akatsuki I had nothing else to turn to. Maybe it would sound weird, but I had already decided when I was a kid to gain powers as quickly as possible and not through any slow or noble way." She stopped speaking and worried her lower lip with her teeth as her eyes were still on the meat that was cooking. Strangely then it didn't feel uncomfortable talking about this, but if he thought he would get every piece of information about her out then he was very mistaken. Leaning back against a big rock that was behind her, Yoshiko's purple eye traveled up to Adair's face and lingered there. "Upon joining that group I must say it felt good when someone could use you, use your powers. Maybe, just maybe I could have made myself disappear and lurk from the shadows in order to gain what I need from life. But as I said before, there is nothing noble about my way of the ninja. And I'm not a patient person once there is something I have set my eyes on something."

He didn't need to know she was looking for someone, it wasn't good to give out information that could give the other person the upper hand. And Yoshiko would never speak about Hina's name to someone this vulgar, especially not when he seemed to be the type of person to go out of his way just to do someone harm. If by any chance we would become enemies, the first thing he would do was go after my sister if I was stupid enough to mention her. Her hand which was laying on the ground starting drawing small circles in the mud, her fingers moving slowly around while Yoshiko didn't look away from Adair. "What was your reason? Were you also blinded from greed for more powers, or are you going to tell me you joined that group just so you could get an excuse to kill more?" The smell of meat cooking was starting to linger in the air, drawing Yoshiko's attention back down to what Adair was doing as she realized she just might be a little hungrier than she had thought at first.