A normal feast?[Yoshimaru, Hiroki]

Ade, ade, this was getting quite troublesome, Takeshi thought as he stared at Hiroki while Hina seemed to be on guard. How odd that she was on guard, wasn't she all shy one minute ago or something like that? Well, she was unpredictable in any give moment, so it didn't shock Takeshi all that much. Still, that wasn't bothering Takeshi, the thing that was bothering him was that young man, Hiroki. He seemed.... diffrent, well, diffrent that most males he'd ever that he will admit. But still, something about him made him wary. 'Whatever it is, I'll find out myself later. Right now have to keep my eye on Hina', he mentally sighed. This wasn't one of the greatest moments he's had, seeing as there was a young man who was definetly pushing Hina's buttons, and not in a good way.

"You sure do trust your new friends, Yosh-kun! Bringing your young son here." That made Takeshi and Hina glance at Hiroki, but just slightly, is he onto them? It could be a possibility, his words sounded so innocent, but Takeshi knew better and Hina as well. 'Oy. So let me get this straight.' Said Shitake to Takeshi mentally, he also sounded annoyed.... but that was usual.'Hm?', Takeshi pondered on what Shitake could have in mind, must be something regarding towards the moment maybe? 'That damn Jounin Kanga left us with a clone? Isn't that rather pointless?' Takeshi shook his head as he, Hina, Hiroki Yoshimaru's clone and Yoshidoku walked inside the restaurant. From what Hina could know, she was a very, very far ways from Yoshimaru, she was wondering what he could be doing. Maybe Jounin stuff? Talking with the Kage, or something?

'I would have to agree, Shitake. But, he decided this, we cannot do anything about it. Let's just go inside and 'try' to have a nice, normal conversation plus a meal. I would rather if there weren't any fights.... Though not from you', he glanced at Hina and then looked forward. 'Just worried about Hina and the little 'episode' she pulled a little while ago.' Shitake chuckled and did some sort of grunt sounded but it was more of a 'peh'. 'It's obvious she hates being around that Konoha Jounin fellow. Didn't you feel that urge that she just wanted to hurt him... even if it was 'just a bit'?' It was true, both men felt it. None the less they needed to keep an eye on her.

OOC: Sorry for the short post. Also, this is where the topic "A tour?[Hina]" left off.

The black crow was a sign of something exciting that was probably about to happen. Hiroki's pale red eyes followed it's every movement as he waited for whom it was. Ah Yoshimaru... of course. I wonder who it is that will be scolding him. He didn't really have to think twice about why that crow was there, it just proved him right when he had thought Yoshimaru was acting on his own impulse while inviting strangers into the village. The Barrier Squad Captain huh? What was Yoshimaru thinking, telling these people about that kind of stuff? Hiroki blinked but shook that off, perhaps Yoshimaru knew more about Hina and Takeshi and knew he could trust them..... not likely though. Well if he insists on keep making mistakes, then I wont really do anything about it. As long as there wont be any critical errors. The young Jounin tilted his head slightly to the side and watched as the older one made a clone to go into the restaurant with them, now the question was if that clone was supposed to make sure -they- didn't do anything or then that -Hiroki- wouldn't do anything.

Ooooh no worries Yosh-kun, I will behave like an angel. The amused Jounin nodded after Yoshimaru as he walked away with his son, before turning his attention to those that were left behind. After making a sort of scowl at the clone, he smiled at Hina and Takeshi before following them into the restaurant. "Oh there are some nice seats for us!" Hiroki pointed towards a table that was next to a big window and strolled over there with the others behind him. After sitting down and nodding towards a few people that he recognized and that waved at him, the Konoha Jounin glanced with a bored expression at the clone that Yoshimaru had left before he leaned forward and rested his elbows on the table while letting his eyes glance over Hina and then at Takeshi. "Look, I am sure that you are both very decent persons, and at least up until now I have yet to be proved wrong. However I am sure that you would understand why I don't trust you and don't really expect you to trust me. I wont rat you out or give you any reason to not trust me, because well... even if I hate to say this then I kind of like Yosh-kun seeing that he is so bloody nice all the time. How can one not like that idiot!?" Hiroki chuckled and rubbed his forehead before looking slowly up again, with his fox-like grin lifting the corners of his mouth as his reddish eyes got a slight glint to them.

"But let's look at this meal here as a sort of peace offering for now, since I don't want any trouble this far into the village. Last time I was involved in an incident like that, the Hokage totally kicked my ass!" While speaking, he let his gaze wander from their faces while having an indifferent expression on his face before he stretched lazily and let his fingers crack. "I am also sure that you are both smart enough to know that if you would try to do something, you would be very quickly arrested seeing that we are probably being watched as I speak now." He wasn't really saying that to scare them, more like just reminding them exactly where they were. This wasn't some cheap skate village where people could walk in and out without being monitored. The people were strong, Konoha was strong.

Hiroki flashed them another smile before he waved at a nearby waitress that had been staring at him with her cheeks red. "Oh hey there Jun, fancy seeing you here now." "H-hi there Hiroki-kun." The waitress was a rather tall girl with big dark eyes and long, black hair that reached down to her butt. Her pretty face had the color of a tomato on it as Hiroki displayed his best smile at her. He didn't look at the menu, but knew exactly what he wanted. "I think I will have Teriyaki today, last time I tried that it tasted splendidly. What would you want to have?" His attention went to his company at the table. "Don't be shy to order anything you desire, I got paid well for my last mission."

[This is going to be alittle short since im a clone and cant do much...]

Yoshimaru's clone followed the three into the restraunt. He wasnt hesitant at all. It was, afterall, his duty to follow them wherever they went. He had a good amount of chakra within him if the shinobi ever pulled off something to fight one another, or harm someone innocent along the way. The clone sat himself down next to Hiroki, trying to be a bit distant so he wouldnt get in the way, but he wanted to be close to the man so in case he did something, he was there to hold him back.

Whatever they said, Yoshimaru, in a different location, could hear every word of it in his mind faintly. The clone just looked at both of them and listended intensely as Hiroki spoke. But once the man was done speaking, the clone turned its head to see a waitress. Hiroki took his order, and the clone just sat silently. It was obvious that the clone didnt want anything to eat, and if he spoke, he didnt want to accidently say something to give away the fact that Yoshimaru is hearing all of this. It was accually quite funny seeing as Hiroki didnt rat out Yoshimaru because he liked him.

The day was getting quite interesting, at least to Takeshi as Hiroki lead them inside the restaurant and found a seat for all of them. His dark red eyes stared at everyone in the restaurant and then he glanced at Yoshimaru's clone, he and Shitake agreed one one thing: What was the purpose of having a clone here? It could only fight for so long, maybe Yoshimaru had other ideas for his clone perhaps? Probably. 'I give him five minutes before he tries to ask personal questions', Shitake said out of nowhere, almost, almost making the young man jump but glad he didn't. 'Honestly, Shitake.. Do you think he will?' The tone of voice was as if he wasn't going to like it if he did start asking question, it'll be annoying and he could only answer so much before he started answering things that could maybe become quite difficult? 'Who knows. I'm just saying', then a sound of what appeared to be heard as a yawn ringed in Takeshi's ears, Takeshi shook his head. 'Looks like someone's going back to sleep', and he was right, because Shitake didn't reply to that... Or maybe he ignored it? Who knows.

Hina on the other hand decided to remain with her 'cold-emotionless-look', her light purple eyes looked at a few Jounin that were around, who seemed to know Hiroki all too well. 'Then again, they are Jounins... most must know each other', Takeshi allowed her to sit first and then himself. Hina had her harms on her lap while Takeshi had placed his arms on the table while listening to Hiroki. "I understand completely, Hiroki-san. However, I'm quite suprised that you weren't all that shocked and/or annoyed that my dear... Hina almost attacked you", he bowed his head in apology. "I'm very sorry about that", meanwhile Hina turned her head to look at Takeshi, a small frown was upon her slightly pale face but then it quickly dissapear.

Takeshi chuckled slightly at the comment Hiroki said about the Hokage kicking his ass, then he smirked sligthly, Takeshi's eyes flickered to a bright red but it quickly went back to their dark red colors. "I think we will have the same thing as you will have, Hiroki-san", he turned his head towards Hina and smiled at her "What about you, Hina? Would you like some Teriyaki as well or something else?", Hina shook her head and Takeshi got the message. 'She would like some Teriyaki as well. Hope that's not a problem, Hiroki-san", he said calmly as he looked at Hiroki.

While Hiroki listened to Takeshi speak, he rested his chin on his right hand while fiddling with a paper napkin that lay on the table with his left hand. His lean fingers moved fast around while ripping small pieces off. Slowly he turned his head to the side and eye'd the clone that sat there with no particular expression on it's face, the face that was identical to Yoshimaru's and yet didn't have those warm eyes nor the bright smile that rarely ever left. It was just like a puppet, except for it didn't have any strings. B-o-r-i-n-g thing. He made a small paper ball from the napkin and shot it to the side, right at the face of the clone that sat next to him. Hiroki had always disliked clones. He wasn't sure himself just -why-. He just didn't like them, and they were probably the only things he didn't pretend to like. Perhaps he was feeling like this because he knew that the clones were probably the only things other than him that looked human and yet were completely dis-attached to the world and people around them. Oh he was done talking? The raven haired Jounin turned his attention back to Takeshi and grinned slightly while leaning backwards in the seat. "Well you could say I am used to about any reaction there is. I'm pretty sure you would understand if you had been forced to live around me for a few years. It seems that I can get a little too ... close and personal towards people and well just as it showed now then it can really bug some." Maybe they found him weird for not showing any reaction at all, but as he said... he was already used to people trying to kill him all the time for flirting or doing other ... not so nice things.

Hiroki glanced at Hina as he finished speaking and let his grin disappear, only to be replaced by a rather normal smile. "I wont be too pushy around you, but I would appreciate being able to spend some more time with you also, if you wouldn't mind Hina-chan." Control people as puppets... let them play on the palm of your hands and feel the rush as you slowly crush their feelings. This was something his foster father had told Hiroki when he started training first. At that time the young boy hadn't really understood, but the now grown up man that had reached the age of 18 was starting to get the picture of what that man from his past had meant. Even if he hadn't gotten any lessons in feelings or how to take care of others, then he still had gotten a good mentor when it came to controlling things. It was a little surprising to Hiroki though that when he looked into these sad, cold eyes of that young girl he felt a slight pang of guilt. Guilt for what, he didn't know, but this feeling was not something he was used to as well.. he hadn't really ever felt guilty about doing anything.

The next thing Takeshi said got the Katsuro man's attention, even if he didn't show it with his expression. Did he just say -we- about himself, or was that just some sort of accident? Slowly, very slowly, but surely Hiroki looked from Hina's face and at Takeshi as he asked the girl what she would like. "Of course that is fine, Takeshi-kun." His sparkling, pale red eyes found the face of the blushing Jun that was still waiting for them to finish ordering, as Hiroki used his finger to gesture to her to move closer. "W-what is it Hiroki-kun?" "Would you be a sweetie and bring us some sake also?" His voice was as soft as a purr, making the already flustered girl almost drop the small book she used to write the orders in. "C-c-certainly! I-it will be on the house!" Her long hair fluttered in the air as the girl spun around and walked towards the kitchen while trying to calm herself down. As she walked past the other servants, she couldn't help but grin in a victorious way towards them, as it was clear now who it was he would probably take home next time.

A small sigh emitted from Hiroki as his eyes followed Jun before he reached his hand up to his hair and ruffled it slightly before a crooked smile appeared on his face. Was it any wonder he was getting tired of others, or bored? Things were just ... too easy. But now.. back to what he was wondering about, this man called Takeshi. For now he would have to put a pause on what he had been thinking about Hina as he was very curious to know if this had truly just been something accidentally blurted out. Is this man someone that has a split personality? I have heard of many like that.. But perhaps this was nothing... it had most certainly just been a wrong word he had used, and yet Hiroki was very intrigued right now as he fixed his gaze back down to the table where the napkin lay now completely torn to shreds.

His long fingers pushed the pieces aside before he let his attention go to those around them. He had been sure that he felt some people stare.. although if it were jealous lovers or suspicious ninjas then he didn't know. I wonder how I can get to know more... get to find out more about these people.. It was irritating.. bothersome when he couldn't get any answers to the things he was curious about. At times like these he wished he would've just stayed at home that day and kept working on his precious puppets. They would at least not give him such puzzling thoughts to ruin his mood. Well, I can't let my "guests" get bored... perhaps they are willing to chat if I ask just some random questions instead of something that could be too personal. "What do you think of this village we have here?" Innocent enough? He thought so...

The clone watched as Takeshi had one of his small conversations in his mind, as it seemed. Although, whatever Yoshimaru knew, so did the clone, which meant that he had the same feelings towards everyone here. All he was ordered to do was keep everything in line, make sure Faust didnt know about them, and made sure they were happy and not fighting around about things. It seemed as if Hiroki was bored, as well as Takeshi. It was the middle of the day and anyone could use a nap by now.

Snapping back into what was happening, a small wad of balled up napkins flew at him, from Hiroki. The clone chuckled a bit and threw it back at him. "Im not as boring as you think." The clone said as his smile lit up, exactly like Yoshimaru's charming one. But it was true that only the real Yoshimaru could pull off a smile like that, but better. But, as a wood clone, he could entertain the foreigners and jounin with a little crafting. Looking left and right to see if anyone was watching him, the clone took a pair of chopsticks, held them in his hands, and began to slowly form them into something else.

Opening his hands, a small bird with a wooden wind up on its back took the placement of what used to be the wooden chopsticks from the restraunt. "Whoever gets it, keeps it." The clone said and wound it up, setting it on the table, as it waddled past Hiroki and towards Hina and Takeshi. It was funny how even the clone of Yoshimaru could be so amused, and amusing as well.

Takeshi nodded in response towards Hiroki's answer, he seemed to be more entertained with the napkin than listening to him. Takeshi made a mental note about that "I would guess. Everyone of us has a different past.. A past were not entirely proud of. But it made us into who we are today, maybe there are some things we would like to change from our past but what's done is done. We're in the present and hopefully waiting on the future that we all have, correct?" Takeshi tilted his head to the side while having a handsome smile on his features and his eyes seemed to be analyzing Hiroki, which, in fact, they were. He seemed rather interesting to get to know.. but it was also best to keep a distance in Takeshi's opinion anyway.

Meanwhile, Hina almost had the urge to raise a delicate eyebrow at Hiroki as she crossed her arms and her eyes could've just be saying "what the hell are you doing?", nonetheless she nodded towards him. She could've just gotten out her notebook and wrote what she was exactly thinking, but she didn't feel the need to get it out seeing as Takeshi knew more or so what she wanted and said. "Whatever, Hiroki", she said in a very cold tone of voice that could possibly break Takeshi's Hateshinai. Takeshi chuckled and placed a gloved hand over Hina's head and started at Hiroki, chuckling. "Looks like she's getting more or so the courage to talk more. I'm quite glad in this situation", he then quickly added: "Oh, Hiroki-san? You do must know that Hina can't very well drink, right?" At this, Hina rolled her eyes, she was more annoyed at Hiroki's way of manipulating females with his features. 'Dumbass.'

'Oh my. I almost let our secret out...', an annoyed groan was heard in Takeshi's mind, Shitake didn't seemed, or well, hear pleased. 'He must think you're nuts, it's a perfect cover. Let him think you're nuts! That way if you ever have the decensy of letting me out, I could suprise him', that was a very big no. Takeshi wasn't gonna let Shitake out, he'd go a bit crazy... or well, more so than he is already? His Hateshinai strapped behind his back tightly as his ran his hands started tapping the table, now one of his hands; his right one to be more precise , he layed his head on it while the other kept tapping on the table while Hina looked at the people in the restaurant, then outside of the restaurant. Takeshi's eyes, which was closed due to him talking with Shitake one of them opened. It was his right eye, dark red connected with red, he straightened himself up and then pondered for a minute.

"I do find the village so far very interesting. The people, the ninjas, they all seem so lively, don't you think so, Hina?" He turned his head towards the young Tomoko, who seemed to be more entertained with a napkin at the moment. And then her eyes fell onto the small wooden bird Yoshimaru's clone made. Her purple eyes sparkled and with quick reflexes, she took the small bird in her hands and stared at Hiroki, almost as if saying: '"it's mine". Takeshi on the other hand chuckled "Good job, Hina. You did always like to take things that seemed to peak your interest", then his eyes turned over to Hiroki and the clone Yoshimaru left. "You don't mind that she took it, right, Hiroki-san?"

A morning spent listless, wandering around Konoha until it slowly had turned towards the afternoon. There were certainly worse fates, though not many. Boredom had sunk in, and with it the sinister, lurking presence of eating for something to do. Nooo, that wasn't it. She really was hungry, even though she normally wouldn't have been for a few more hours. Certainly that was it. Drifting into town, she decided that this time, she would just follow her nose and not worry about the details.

Shortly after, she found herself standing in front of a restaurant she was pretty sure she'd never been to before. "I wonder if I can afford anything here..." she wondered quietly to herself before making her way inside. It was... or seemed to be... a surprisingly tense work environment, as she had to quickly duck out of the way to avoid being rammed by a waitress who seemed intently focused on her work. Or... on something else.

With that obstacle out of the way, she moseyed on up to where a handful of stools where aligned in front of a raised countertop. Swiping one of the menus lying around there, she flipped it open and began searching for the cheapest thing that wouldn't turn her stomach into a queasy cesspool of ickyness. When she was just about ready to decide, the long-haired waitress that had assaulted her before returned. Acting like nothing had happened. At least now, she seemed to be recovering her composure from all the stress... or whatever it was. "H... hello, how can I help you?" "Actually, yes. Can I get some Takoyaki and black tea?" "Of course, we'll get right on that."

Kaori didn't bother watching as the waitress left, and only barely noticed her return a few minutes later before she had placed a few dishes down near her, carrying on without a pause to deliver other client's orders. While the service wasn't... great, at least in her opinion, at least it was quick. Poking at her Takoyaki for a moment, she took a sip of her drink and... it wasn't tea. Flushing bright red, she forced herself with an effort of will not to spew the sake all the way across the counter. Swallowing it as her eyes began to water, she decided she'd just wait until the waitress got back before correcting her on the mix ups in the order... that someone else would likely be complaining about soon enough.

Waiting on that future we all have? Really? Inside his mind Hiroki snorted and wondered why that unknown man was trying to share some kind of silly philosophy like that. If I want to ponder about this stuff, I get myself a friggin fortune cookie! Perhaps he really wasn't the amusing and interesting psychotic split personality Hiroki had thought after all. If he is gonna start talking about more of this crap I am sooo moving myself to another table. But on the outside, Hiroki smiled and nodded while seemingly agreeing to the words spoken. "That is true indeed Takeshi-kun. I am sure everyone will have a chance to make up for something bad they have done in their past." A small, almost invisible glint appeared in the reddish eyes of the Konoha Jounin as he gave those words a kind of double meaning. Perhaps Takeshi was some kind of murderer that thought he would be able to get to live in peace just because he felt sorry about something he had done himself when he was younger.

"Good to know you can speak up for yourself now, Hina-chan. I'm sure your companion feels good about that." Hina's little hissing didn't affect the man the least bit as his smile never faltered. "And certainly I know that the girl can't drink, I'm not that much of an idiot." Chuckled Hiroki. "Jun will probably bring some water or juice for her. But I figured why we older ones couldn't have some refreshing sip of sake! Not that I know if this.. thing here drinks." With those last words Hiroki mentioned towards the clone with a slight flick of his head. -Did- clones really drink? It would be kinda interesting to see if he would be able to get it drunk.

That... -thing-... claims it's not boring? How ridiculous. Just give me a reason and I'll take you out with a table knife! Hiroki watched as the clone took the chopsticks in it's hand and started to work on something with them. Perhaps he's gonna make himself a horn to stick out of his forehead... that way we can have a unicorn entertain us! The Jounin made a rather funny face as he just managed to hold back the burst of laughter at the thought of that Yoshimaru clone with a horn sticking out it's forehead. But well, as Hiroki snapped out of his own crazy thoughts he looked back at what the clone was doing, he noticed that a small bird appeared from it's hand. Whoever gets it keeps it? For a moment Hiroki thought about jumping up on the table and tackle the bird down before screaming it was his, but then again.. he was feeling quite lazy. Plus that stupid clone was just trying to show off. Hina however seemed to be interested in that thing as she quickly snatched it, and then looked at Hiroki like she expected him to howl like a banshee and jump her to snatch the damn bird away from her hands. Well... even if it -would- be funny.. then no. With a small shrug, followed with a smile, he showed that he didn't have in mind at all to grab that bird for himself. Maybe this will prevent her from biting my throat if I try to get closer to her...

"S-sorry Hiroki-kun.. h-here is your sake." Jun was standing at his side all of the sudden, or maybe she had been there for a few minutes and had to gather her courage before speaking? Well in any case, Hiroki nodded towards her and tried to make the stressed girl calm down a little, because the thing he least wanted was sake in his clothes... or over his head. "Thank you Jun-chan." He grabbed the glass that was put down in front of him and raised it to his lips before taking a sip, while closing his eyes so he could enjoy the taste to it's fullest. What the.... A very comical look entered his handsome face, as Hiroki lowered the glass down and -stared- into it before blinking slowly. "Either this sake is disguised as tea... or I have gotten the wrong order." Jun that had still been standing there while looking Hiroki over with stars in her eyes, jumped slightly and got all flustered. "W-what? B-b-but this .... wait. Didn't that girl... OH MY GOD I SERVED A MINOR SAKE!!!" The raven haired Konoha Jounin almost flailed in his seat as the waitress practically screamed into his ear before she dashed off to a table that was closeby. With his hair sticking kind of in the air, and eyes wide, Hiroki very slowly glanced over to what was happening over at the other table, where Jun seemed to be talking to someone that was rather small. Wait... I know that girl don't I? Glancing at those that sat with him, he offered an apologizing smile before standing up. "Excuse me just a minute."

"I am sooooo sorry! Really! I have noooo idea how this happened!!" Jun was bowing and tip toeing in front of Kaori, while thinking if she would get fired for this small incident. "I will get you tea right away! Just hold on a minute!" The dark haired girl was about to turn around, when Hiroki's hand appeared on her shoulder and stopped her in her tracks. The waitress looked slowly up into his face and blushed more than even before while clinging to the tray she had in her arms. "W-w-w-wh-at is i-it Hiroki-kun?" Not really paying her any mind, the tall man looked down at Kaori, his light red eyes sparkling slightly as he smiled widely at the young girl. "Kaori Tachibana right? I'm Hiroki Katsuro, one of this fine village's Jounins" He thought it would be better to introduce himself also, so the girl wouldn't run away screaming about stranger danger.

Hiroki remembered reading the records about this particular girl, and he had even requested for her to be put on his team. Which had made the other Jounin's quite surprised acutally, since he had at first not been enthusiastic at -all- over having to let some Genin's follow him around while teaching them. From what I read, there are very promising skills she has shown...plus she uses Fuuinjutsu like me. But what had also caught his attention about this particular girl was that she, like him, was originally from another village. That day when he had been .... "visiting" the Hokage's office... and ..."borrowing" some random files about the village's ninjas, Hiroki had been going through the Genin's with a rather bored expression before seeing her face. At first he just thought she would be very nice to follow around when she'd get older, but just as he was about to go to the next file, his eyes had seen that she was in fact someone not born in Konoha. Now that part had made the usually carefree Jounin stop to think a little, before he had taken the decision to have her on his team so he could get to know more.

But back to what was happening now, then Hiroki thought it would be fun to have her sit with them... then maybe Hina would be able to talk with someone close to her own age and the atmosphere could get a -liiiittle- less painfully awkward. "Seeing that you had to taste my sake just now, why don't you come sit with us over there, and as an apology I'll pay for whatever food you want. How does that sound?" If she would say no, then he would either keep pestering or just drag her over to the table. He could also always use his rank to make her not dare but say yes. Yay for being higher ranked.. He giggled in his head, while at his side the dark haired waitress was practically -glaring- at the young girl while thinking what the heck that -kid- had over her!?

[Occ: Sorry gotta make this quick..]

Whilst the clone was watching everyone boredidly, something inside of him... clicked. It was Yoshimaru's voice connecting with the clone. 'Clone... Tell them you have to go.. Pull aside Hina and Takeshi and repeat everything I say to them.. Make sure Hiroki DOES NOT hear this.' Yoshimaru's voice echo'd out inside of the clone. The clone stood up, out of his chair and stood between Hina and Takeshi. "I need to have a word with you two." He said, then turning his head to look at Hiroki with a serious but blank expression. "If you dont mind." But without Hiroki responding, the clone began to walk away out of the restraunt and waited at a distant pole.

Once the two arrived, the clone looked at Takeshi. "Yoshimaru has gotten into some.. predicament due to his mistake of bringing in Yoshiko. He was given an option to either leave or stay and fight. I dont want anyone to hear his option but... You'll find out and when you do... I want you to do what you think is best for yourselves. He wouldnt want you getting in trouble like he did." The clone put extra emphisis on the word 'leave' hoping that they would catch on without the clone having to tell them direction, risking someone around them hearing.

"I must go now. Take this." The clone pulled out a piece of paper and transformed his finger into a pencil as an advantage to his wood clone-ness. He wrote down where Yoshimaru was going and what he was planning to do. "Make sure no one grabs ahold of this.. Cap'eche?" The clone stared into Takeshi's eyes and handed him the piece of paper. The clone bowed and turned into complete wood. He was gone now. All thats left of Yoshimaru is his clone..

Takeshi had closed his eyes whilst listening to Hiroki, his eyes quickly opened and then narrowed slightly towards the young Konoha male while Shitake felt the urge to come out and scratch his pretty little face. Takeshi also noticed something about Hiroki quickly, like he could be thinking of something whilst Shitake kept cursing profanities at the male, even though Hiroki couldn't hear him only Takeshi could. And that meant a slight headache for the man, he should scream "shut up!" But that wouldn't be the best, maybe another time. Meanwhile, Hina glared at Hiroki as he talked to her, she was in no mood(which was suprising to Takeshi) who knows what thoughts the young Hina was thinking... Probably something that could hurt Hiroki's being physically and/or mentally... Then again, she could just act innocent and wait for the right t-

She shook her head. Hina spending time with Shitake was never a -good- idea, hard to belive this girl was thinking like this, let alone trying to actually hurt this man. But they were different, she knew that much. Hiroki was probably a very high rank while Hina was just a wanderer, she'd rather keep her mouth shut instead of causing a commotion. Then, both Hina and Takeshi looked at the waitress, who appeared to have someone else sake than to Takeshi and Hiroki. Hina closed her left eye, signifying she was getting annoyed by Jun's screaming, but she had a very high level of tolerance, just not a very high level of her poor ears getting destroyed by a young woman's voice.

Hina turned around to look at the young girl who was served sake accidentally, she seemed young, probably around her age which made Hina's eyes blink while Takeshi turned around as well, placing his gloved left hand on Hina's head once again, making Hina throw an annoyed glance at him but she turned back to look at the girl. And now Hiroki decided to invite her to their table because of the accidental of liquids? He was very... different all right...

Then, Hina and Takeshi turned back around and saw that the clone Yoshimaru had left them, he said he wanted to talk to them; both of them, and walked out of the restaurant for a minute and turned to look at them and said: "Yoshimaru has gotten into some.. predicament due to his mistake of bringing in Yoshiko. He was given an option to either leave or stay and fight. I dont want anyone to hear his option but... You'll find out and when you do... I want you to do what you think is best for yourselves. He wouldnt want you getting in trouble like he did." Both were shocked to hear the news, but they kept their cool as the clone kept talking. Then, the clone gave a piece of paper to Takeshi, he nodded towards the clone and then, he turned into wood. Hina looked at Takeshi with a worried glance and then gasped his wrist, almost telling him to go back inside. Takeshi looked at Hina and nodded, "Right.... Let's go back", they both went inside and made sure to not say anything to Hiroki or make a commotion.

"OH MY GOD I SERVED A MINOR SAKE!!!"... Right on the money, Jun-san. It didn't take long for the waitress to come around and try to fix her error. It was almost tempting to refuse, just to see how it would effect her as he began her feverish apology, but then the arrival of another young man interrupted the chance. He was a Shinobi, too, so it was probably best if she didn't push her luck this time. Not that she actually wanted to drink that stuff, it burned. Honestly, who drank liquid fire willingly? Adults were weird...

With a calm that was wholly faked, she glanced up at the young man with strange red eyes. I wonder if he wears contacts... she thought to herself with an inward giggle, her own, natural brown eyes shimmering with just the slightest hint of amusement. Or maybe she didn't have much of a tolerance for alcohol. Anyway, strangely enough they seemed oddly familiar, though she was fairly certain she'd never met him before. Then came his name - Hiroki Katsuro, was it? "That would be me. I don't suppose this is your drink I have here, Hiroki-san?" she inquired politely.

As the Jounin (could someone so lighthearted really be a Jounin?) seemed to go into a thoughtful daze for a moment, Kaori watched with amusement as his former companions all walked out on him. By the time she snapped fully back to reality herself, Hiroki was speaking again, and with a rather tempting offer at that for a near-penniless rookie Genin. In the background, she could also make out Jun practically fuming about something. "Whatever I want? Well, if you're sure..." A pause, and a slightly confused expression crept on to her face. Still, she managed to keep her voice level nonetheless. "Just so y'know, I think two of your friends killed the other one, or something. His chakra's... gone. Weird, though, their chakras didn't flare when they did it. Maybe he was a pushover?"

Getting to her feet again, Kaori would follow the Jounin whichever way he decided to go. Most likely back to his table, as his former guests seemed to be filtering back in... minus one, as she had predicted. What was strange, though, was that they didn't even have any blood on them. Were they just -that- good? And why did they seem so calm about it? No... not quite calm, there was 'something', but she couldn't tell what it was. As near to calm as they'd felt before, though. Assuming they all returned to the table, she would introduce herself politely as if nothing had just happened.

"Konnichiwa. My name is Kaori Tachibana, pleased to meet you." Clasping her hands in front of herself, she bowed politely to both of Hiroki's guests before taking a seat, feeling altogether out of her league here. She couldn't tell 'exactly', but she was fairly certain that anyone present could probably stomp her to the curb if they felt like it, so she decided to play on the safe side and avoid offending anyone's sensibilities. It was considerably safer than the alternative, anyway, right?

The young girl seemed to be slightly amused, which was good since Hiroki would have -haaated- to have someone that didn't have a humor in his team. I wonder how that matter is going anyways... "Hehe yeeeaah this was supposed to be my sake. I suppose Jun-chan got a little carried away here." He chuckled and gave an almost fox like smile before glancing at Jun in a way that made the young waitress take a single step back. But he wasn't going to torture her or anything, so his attention went back to Kaori as she kept talking. "Huh?" The bishie faced man seemed a little confused at her words as he turned his head, before noticing that the clone had indeed gone missing along with the others, and the slight chakra flow from it had vanished. He had noticed that there was something going on with them, but didn't really want to bother about it. "Well... don't worry about that. He was just a clone." What the Hell? Am I being left alone here with them? Not cool Yoshimaru, not cool at -all-. A slight hesitation came across him before he decided to just get back to the table and see if they would return in or not. If they wouldn't, he'd just track them down... and perhaps be able to have some fun before the higher ups would get to know what was going on.

But just as they were reaching the table, Takeshi and Hina came back, and of course without the clone following them. Did this mean that Yoshimaru was on his way back, or had he really left? What on earth happened on that meeting he went on? While seating his body down into a rather relaxed position, his red colored eyes scanned the two people that were sitting in front of him and Kaori. He heard her introduce herself, but none of that mattered for now as he seemed to be trying to stare the truth out of the others. "So, where did that annoying clone go?" The fox-like grin was back up as he asked in a sweet sweet voice, with honey dripping from the words and all. Lalalala I'm gonna murder Yosh-kun if he really left... "Ehm..?" Jun was standing there now, with a very flushed face as she handed everybody their drinks. Or more like put tea on the middle of the table along with water and sake.

Hiroki smiled at her and thanked her before setting his gaze back on Takeshi and Hina. What was he supposed to do if Yoshimaru wasn't coming back? He knew he was supposed to tell on them and let someone handle this situation, but for now he decided to wait. They weren't even done eating or anything ... and his stomach was starting to growl. "Oh yes, this is one of our promising young ninjas in the Konoha village" He pointed at Kaori with a single finger before glancing at Hina. "I figured you two could maybe chat or something.. seeing that you are the same age... and both female." What was he supposed to do then? Talk male stuff with Takeshi? Aaaawkwaaard.. Taking a glass in his hand, he poured a small amount of sake and sipped on it while seeing what their answer would be for his previous question.

"Oh, he had something important to do, is all...", but his eyes said otherwise. He gave him a look that said: "I'll tell you later", there was no way he could talk about this now.. Not with a Gennin with the- .... Wait, what? Hina said nothing, but her stare was also saying this wasn't the time to ask about it, but she decided to let a lie pass through those light pink colored lips. "Yoshimaru probably didn't have enough chakra to maintain it, therefore it probably dissapeared after we talked to him, that's all", and the way she said, it was the simple "I don't care much" tone, but in fact she did. Oh so very much and was quite worried to be honest, but she wasn't gonna let Hiroki know what, will he?


Takeshi smiled nervously before looking at Hina. "Now, now, little one. Is that any way to treat someone like Hiroki-san?" Then, Hina looked at him, her eyebrow raised and gave him a look as if she was saying "You're joking, right?" He shook his head, making Hina narrow her eyes a bit. Hina then looked at the young Gennin girl who seemed to be around her age and stared at her with her light color lavender/purple eyes. Talk with her? As if, Shitake thought while Takeshi remained positive. He really hoped that Hina would talk to her; someone with her own age than Hiroki and him.

"Very well." She smiled at her while tilting her head. "Hina, nice to meet you Miss....?" She asked, not knowing what her name was. Which also made Takeshi wonder her name as well.

'YES! Hina is actually talking with someone of her own age, finally', he thought hapilly. 'Bah. Can't you see her? She's obviously not used to talking towards little brats, even though she IS one'. Cue Shitake's laugh while Takeshi mentally rubbed his temples, 'Can't you be happy? At least she's trying to talk to the girl...' Shitake wanted to desperately to roll his eyes and wish he had his own body and smack him. 'I don't do happy, unless I feel like it. And, at the moment I don't feel like going happy'.

Of course, Shitake was never known to be the "happy" guy unless it was something related to blood, killings, etc. While Takeshi was the one that wanted peace and not fight unless needed to. "So, Hiroki-san...", his eyes shined for a split second before smiling at him with a 'true' smile. "What would you like to do now?"

"It... happens to the best." Breathing in slowly, the Genin closed her eyes for a brief moment to collect herself before the introductions were made. Just a clone, huh?... she wondered absent-mindedly, trying to force some part of herself that remembered such things to memorize the feel of it. It certainly wasn't the kind of clone that she could use... then again, he was probably a far more advanced Shinobi than she was, so it was to be expected. Watching silently as Hiroki inquired after the clone, Kaori seemed to forget to introduce herself after all, despite having planned on doing so.

Upon noticing this, she mentally faceplanted, but did her best to keep her composure as the others continued their discussion. Not enough chakra...? The clone hadn't exactly been lacking in it, from what she could tell. Ah well, she'd overlook that for now. Putting on a smile - meager but genuine - when Takeshi and Hina began interacting like a father and daughter. Her own eyes, a pale shade of brown, met the girl's and held to it, carefully neutral. She wasn't about to be stared down by this girl, but she wasn't intending on scaring her off, either. There was no aggression there, merely a passive showing that she would not allow herself to be intimidated.

"Kaori. Would you object if I called you Ojou-san? I'm not entirely comfortable with referring to new acquaintances on a first-name basis." Despite lying through her teeth, she inclined her head respectfully. Kaori took a seat after all of the others had positioned themselves, checking briefly over her shoulder to make sure that nobody was directly behind her as she did so.

"Aah. Would you like some of the tea, Ojou-san?" Kaori offered, preparing to pour some for the lavender-eyed girl if she wished it before taking some for herself. It was only right to offer, after all, wasn't it?

Hiroki listened to the obvious lie without hiding the skeptic look on his face. Yeah..right... But the way Takeshi looked at him, made Hiroki not comment. He was sure he'd get the truth out. Hina was the second one now to try and lie to Hiroki, telling him his fellow Jounin hadn't had enough chakra to maintain the clone. I somehow... doubt that -very- much. Yes.... A small sigh and shrug were all the comments he made on that before taking another sip of his sake. The young, unknown girl didn't seem all that enthusiastic to talk but did it nonetheless. Oh well well.. she -can- act a little human! He supposed it was a miracle to itself, and therefor didn't comment on the lack of interest from her. Hiroki noticed also that Kaori might not maybe be the most cheerful Genin of the village, but she would do well. Takeshi's question made Hiroki look up, ponder a bit and then smile a big smile. "Well...eat of course!" His nose had caught up on the smell of food that was on it's way, and there it was. Placed on the table in front of each of them, the delicious meal. His stomach made a hungry growl, and without further notice, Hiroki grabbed the tools needed to stuff his face with. "Itadakimasu!"

He didn't eat like a pig, even if he was a bit in a hurry. Hiroki did know his manners. He glanced at the others to see if they were eating also, before all of the sudden he stopped. From the distance there were strange sounds... like ... explosions? The sudden chill that overtook his body, made Hiroki almost choke on his food as he started coughing violently. This chakra...this feeling... His face had quite the alarming look on it as he stood quickly on his feet and stared out of the big window they were sitting next to. Surely enough he could spot something... smoke and ...shadows near where the Hokage building was. People ran past the diner, screaming in fright as some were crying. The atmosphere in the diner was far from peaceful now as people started wondering what on earth was going on.

This is not good... is this an attack on the village? The usually cheerful and playful young man had a serious look now as he bit his teeth together while cursing softly. His eyes glanced at those that were at his table. "Well... it was nice meeting you two. But it seems like I have to go now. You are free to use this chance and escape this village before someone notices you and tries to capture you. Remember that I promised Yosh-kun not to tell about you!" A small wink was given to them as he smiled widely, but he also wondered if he would even live to see them again, as that evil.. suffocating presence he could feel in the air was almost crushing him mentally. "Kaori, take care of those that are wounded and help clear the area." He patted the young girl on her head before grinning, and then he was off. He just had to trust that Takeshi and Hina wouldn't do his cute Genin anything, as his feet carried him away at a fast speed. Are they going to leave or not? He almost pouted to himself as there went a good opportunity out of his hands... But perhaps he'd meet them soon again!

[Leaving this topic.]