Girl's Night Out [Private]

[Ryu Hime]

The market place was sure busy today with all sorts of people shopping for a variety of stuff. A few kids used the market to play hide and seek. From Hakuren’s sharp eye she notices two hiding behind the apple stand. A swordsmen and his younger sister browse the selection of drinks sold her in the market. The man likes a particular bottle but the sister points out that the other one had a better price. A timid water adept using a liquid state just hides behind a tall kunoichi as the tall one attempts bargains with the muscular salesman.

Hakuren herself was looking at dresses. Being in a shinobi village the clothing store sold more than mere casual wear. They sold garbs that would also attract the usual shinobi. Attire that is both stunning and practical for a soldier. This was to be a girl’s night out between her and Akumi. Akumi was the little sister of the man she was dating. Hakuren figured someone like her would have influence on her brother and perhaps maybe it would be wise to be on her good side or at the very least let Akumi get to know just what type of girl her brother is dating.

 

[Sukuna Kiyo]

It was a nice day out, and the streets were pretty busy. Akumi had a surprise invitation to go out on a girls night with her brothers' girlfriend. Hakuren, that was her name if she remembered right. The shop they were at sold tactical clothing for shinobi, some of it even looking girly. She was surprised something so attractive could be also so strategic.

This was Akumi's first time meeting Hakuren, she sensed that she was indeed a strong shinobi. Akumi assumed that she would be working with Hakuren sometime in the future, maybe on a mission, or something like that. It was nice meeting the locals of the leaf.

Akumi looked through the clothing, she noticed Hakuren was checking out a pink kimono, or at least that's what it looked like. Akumi couldn't help but look at the cargo shorts. She wore mostly girly clothing, skirts, blouses, even dresses. Her mother was big on dressing her up like a girl. Akumi liked wearing boyish styles too, but more than anything, she liked pockets. Maybe they had a skirt with a lot of hidden pockets? Akumi started to look through the skirts.

"So how long have you been with my brother?" Akumi asked bluntly, to strike up a conversation. "Oh! better yet, how long do you plan to stay with him?" She asked right after, barely leaving a pause in between the two questions. She wasn't one to beat around the bushes, she liked getting straight to the point.

 

[Ryu Hime]

A shinobi life
Here we dwell in the shadows
We conceal ourselves

These things I have hid
Should some secrets come to light
Would he still love me?

But, oh to have one
To know me and accept me
Truth I yearn to tell​

This was the immediate reply to Akumi’s questions. Hakuren spoke these words as if an actress speaking lines to an audience. Hakuren does not know why but ever since met Tamashii, she has unlocked her inner poet. She already rehearsed a seiries of haiku on the concept of time to Tamashii. “Love poetry aside, I hope to be with him for a while.” Though Hakuren did wonder why she would ask such a question. What was the meaning behind it? Did she judge Hakuren already and wanted her brother to move on to the next girl? No they only just met. Akumi could not possibly have an opinion on her already, unless she really hates priestesses.

 

[Sukuna Kiyo]

Akumi was astonished to hear a poem for a response, she didn't take this woman as a fellow artist. It peaked her curiosity unquestionably. She took from the poem that Hakuren had a riddle, but every shinobi has a secret. "Quite the poet, I didn't know you were into the arts." She pronounced with a cheerful tone. She wasn't much of a poet... But she did appreciate the art. "If you want to tell someone a secret, its best to do it quick. Like ripping off a band-aid." She explained, she understood keeping secrets demolished relationships. She knew that from observing her parents'. She considered her brother's happiness, so she just wanted to hear that they would last a while. She didn't have much to go off of though, she knew nothing about Hakuren, now that she thought of it, she knew little about Tamashii, except what her mother told her.

Akumi was looking at Hakuren, she queried what the secret was, but it was pointless to ask. She knew Hakuren wouldn't tell her, but if Hakuren told her brother, then there's a chance her brother might tell her. "So what's the plan for tonight?" Akumi pondered out loud. She hoped it would be fun, she didn't doubt that Hakuren had boring plans either. So far they were out shopping, it wasn't too bad.

 

[Ryu Hime]

The two kids hiding behind the apple stand were Rin and Len. These two were the first soul Hakuren has created and she has decided to use them as anbu cadets. That swordsman shopping with his younger sister is a suspected of being a samurai of the civil war. The twin’s mission is to follow and monitor the man for any suspicious activity. Hakuren believes this maybe the samurai she was looking for. During the war there was a samurai that sealed the souls of his targets into his katana with a mere cut of his blade. This man would possess a soul quite precious to Hakuren.

“I was thinking of taking you to the bath house.” The question would likely be why are they here, if she's taking her to the bath house. The answer is rather simple for she was unsure if Akumi could find the place. While the bath house was quite popular amoung the locals, the market was relatively easy to find even for a new comer and thus it served as a perfect rendezvous point. This is why her invitation asked her to come to this place. “Think of it like a trip to a spa.” Hakuren pays the merchant for the dress.

 

[Sukuna Kiyo]

Usually, out in public, Akumi didn't pay any mind to the strangers around her. Of course, unless something uncanny was going on, as far as she saw, nothing seemed out of place. So she was only paying notice to Hakuren and her immediate surroundings.

Akumi found a cute pink kimono as well, it looked her size and her style. She also picked up a skirt and a new top for herself.

Akumi looked a little bewildered when she said that they were gonna go to the bath house, that surprise turned into excitement. She skipped in place a little bit, she loved bath houses, the hot water, and unwinding scents. "Yay!" She cheered a little bit. She hadn't been to the bathhouse in Konoha yet, she queried if it was any different than the one at home. She paid for her things after Hakuren, even if the older woman attempted to pay for her, she would refuse it. Akumi had her own allowance to spend, and boy did she love spending it. It made her feel fabulous.

"I love bathhouses. They're so much fun!" Akumi stated with enthusiasm, she was almost bouncing because of how happy she was.

 

[Ryu Hime]

Soon Hakuren and Akumi was at the bathhouse relaxing in the warm water. Yamanaka Hakuren was as delicate as an orchid, fair as a cherry blossom, tall as a willow, slender as a reed and the personification of feminine grace. However her cheer quickly fade as Hakuren begins to glare at Akumi’s chest. Though it was not much, it did out do the flat chest Hakuren was sporting. She gives out a heavy sigh, “Even Tamashi's little sister has more endowed than me.” Hakuren is adore with a one-piece bathing suit picked out by her older sister. As her sister likes to tell her ‘a bikini divides the eye-line between top and bottom, but a one-piece shows off the figure so they only flatter the slender.’ With a snap of her finger she use her power vines grew around the walls on the female side. Rose buds sprouts in full bloom thus filling the air with its sweet alluring scent. White petals drift in the air like flakes of snow.

 

[Sukuna Kiyo]

It didn't take long for them to get to the bathhouse and start relaxing it all away. Akumi was no shy bean, but she didn't expect her brother's girlfriend to be jealous of her own chest. Though, it isn't every day you see a woman without any sort of chest. Hakuren was a board. Though at the comment, Akumi flustered only for a moment, she then smirked after calming down. "Well I'm still growing ya know." She stated, why be embarrassed? It was all natural after all.

"You know, if you really want a bigger chest, they have implants for that now." Akumi commented to Hakuren. Then she leaned back and looked at the sky. The scents alone were relaxing, plus the hot water. She kinda missed seeing the rocky cliff's, and jagged mountains. She would have to visit her home village after she became chuunin.

 

[Ryu Hime]

Men like to see them
But what's it like to have breast
Do they weight you down

Are they like pillows
Soft and yet firm to the touch
Like small round cushions

Do they get sweaty
And tend to rub together
Creating friction​

If Akumi was embarrassed before, she is going to go completely red with this line of interrogation. Hakuren obvious never had breast and definitely never touched another woman's breasts. Hakuren knew very little on the topic and would need to know more before getting implants. "I know its sort of strange to ask these questions, but such questions need to be answered before I go through the trouble of getting them surgically."

 

[Sukuna Kiyo]

Akumi blinked at the questions in poem form. She flustered a bit but shook her head to shake it out. They were only questions after all. "Uh... well..." She started, then she had to ponder for a bit. "I actually haven't had them for that long, one say they just were there, like, poof!" She explained, and talked with her hands at the same time. She was too busy training to even notice her own body changing. "They do weigh a little bit, and they sweat like an armpit. I heard the bigger they are, the more of a pain they are. But some say it's worth it." She spoke truthfully, from her own short experience.

Akumi didn't know why she even was explaining this stuff to an older woman... though there was no reason not to, so why not? AKumi didn't see anything bad about it, a little awkward, but it wasn't that bad. A romance wasn't her thing, but she had overheard boobs are what guys like. She didn't know why but maybe she would when she was older.

 

[Ryu Hime]

“May I…” Then suddenly there was a scream coming from outside the room and down the hall. The sound made Hakuren jump a little and her head instantly turns to the door. The scream sounded feminine so it was more than likely it was just a girl spying a peeping tom. Boys would be boys but regardless she jumps out of the bath and heads out to see what was going on. “Come on. Someone might need our help.” Though she expects it to be minor, there is a chance that it could be something much more. Water dripping from her body Hakuren hastily walks down the hall in the direction of the scream. Soon one of the bath house staff came running up the hall towards them. The woman seems in a panic and nearly collides into them, but Hakuren was able to evade the collision. Hakuren snatches the woman’s arm thus preventing her from going any further. “We heard a scream what’s going on?”

“T-there is a d-dead girl in one of the private baths”​

 

[Sukuna Kiyo]

May you what The question was cut off by a scream, making her look in the direction. Akumi nodded to Hakuren as she stated that someone might need help. AKumi got out of the water in a hurry and hurried down the hall. She didn't even bother to cover herself, in a time of crisis, there was no room for modesty! She was a little chilled from still being wet, but she could ignore the feeling of being cold at the moment.

Another woman, panicked, and in a rush, nearly ran into them. AKumi shifted to the side to avoid a collision, and Hakuren caught the girl. She was wondering what was going on, it seemed everyone else was as well.

“T-there is a d-dead girl in one of the private baths”

Akumi blinked then looked towards the private baths, "Let's check it out."She stated, then she headed over there to see if it was true, Of course, she didn't know which bathroom it was, maybe the girl left the door open? She'd find out soon enough. If there was a dead girl, then maybe there was a killer on the loose? or maybe she drowned herself.

 

[Ryu Hime]

The door to the room in question was open and the two of them would quickly find it. Inside is a girl younger than Akumi was face down in the water. Her upper body was covered with a red rash. Hakuren pulls the little one out of the water and examines the body. She recognizes the child. She does not know her name but she has seen her quite a few times. “This is the bamboo cutter's daughter.” She was a basic civilian. Hakuren hopes this wasn’t a murder for who would want to kill her? Cause of death she would assume was severe allergic reaction leading into anaphylactic shock. If Hakuren recalls right the girl's father had mentioned in passing that she was allergic to peanuts. The bath house provide a full assortment of bathing oils to clean one skin. Considering the placement of the rashes this was likely the reason for the death. Hakuren points at a bottle of body wash laying on the floor on its side. “Check that bottle’s ingredients. Does it contain any peanuts?” If Akumi would check she would see that it contained peanut oil. This death was more than likely an unfortunate accident or at least not enough evidence to suggest foul play.