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Another day had passed that he had sat in the new Kage office of Kumo doing some of the paperwork in Misaki's absence, although where she had been was no mystery to him, he had kept quiet for the most part however he had kept quiet and did the work. Wearing his old attire of a long red and black sleeveless jacket whose collar covered his mouth and nose only showing his grey eyes, black pants and black bandages over his feet.

After finishing the latter of the work, the wolf of Kumo would stand up and push the red hair out of his eyes he would stand up and grab his head band, walking to a nearby window and jumped out of it running towards the village to actually have some fun.

Today was a rather somber day in his book seeing as he had nothing better to do or he would be shirking from his duties as would anyone in his position when he had so much work to do as an ANBU member but fuck that for today he would go and have a little fun in the village. As he slowly walked around the village he would slip his Katana to the side he would slip his hands into his pockets and wonder off.

The smell of fresh food would hit his nose slowly as he looked around and sniffed the air before walking in the direction of the food stand absentmindedly wanting only the food that it had currently. The grey eyes would lock onto the food stand and the long line as he cursed to himself before joining behind the girl in the back of the line.

For a moment he would sit there and look into the sky before gazing down to the woman in front of him, her outfit wasn't one of the decent side although what had drew his eyes to her was the purple flowing hair that she had possessed. Seeing this a moment to reflect he would tap the woman on the shoulder and stare into her eyes unless she did not make eye contact," So where have you been all this time...for such a beautiful woman you are sure hard to track," he chuckled lightly knowing now who this woman in front of him was.

The eyes of Yaju would look onto Yume as she asked did she know him, which was pretty obvious that she didn't know about him. Not to surprising since most of what he has done has either been under the rug or under hush, but now it was going to be interesting to see how this particular game between the two of them would be interesting.

Clearing his throat he would look her over for a moment and chuckle shortly after he would remove the collar from his mouth so he could speak more clearly," No i do not think you do, although," he stopped for a moment to glance her over once more," I do however vaguely...," he stopped for a moment to notice one of his ANBU looking at him.

This wasn't exactly something new to him although the reason why was a different story, but he would dismiss it for a moment as he moved forward behind her as the line moved. The red hair would be moved from his eyes as he looked at the woman before she left the line," So what does a guy need to do to get ten minutes of your time...especially if i can make it worth your while," funny as it was to see Yaju pull something like this, he actually had a reason for doing what he was about to do.

The woman at the stands would look at him for a moment to see what he had wanted, his response was sweet and to the point," Just plain Vanilla ice cream," his eyes would cut to her as he slid the money for it down onto the stand, which was enough to take care of the next three people. Nodding to her he would walk off while eating his ice cream and walk behind the mysterious girl until he had completed his goals...or she tried to kill him which would make it all the better.

His body would walk slowly beside her as he ate his ice cream while collecting his thought and many things that would come to mind. He would soon graft a smile on his face as she asked did he want something from her in which his smile would grow a little more," Well first off your name would be good followed by maybe your age...never know these days because beauty can kill just by name alone, although if you want something of myself then go ahead," he was already finishing off his ice cream although when he had noticed he had something on his nose, he would use his tongue to clean it off which normally a human shouldn't be able to do.

It was after he had finished eating his ice cream and finishing his sentence that he would notice that the two of them were walking into the forest area which would bring a small smile onto his face as they passed into the threshold of the forest. It had been a while since he had walked through these parts and since he was walking with a beautiful woman such as him would make it all the more interesting.

At the current moment though his hands would slip into his pockets as he waited for Yume to respond and then ask whatever questions she needed to before responding to her, he would slowly stop as they reached into the inner area of the forest," So you have a place in mind here while we are in such an enclosed area?"

Yaju looked down for a small moment to see her touching his arm in which he would give her a small smile before before shifting onto a nearby tree and nodding," Sure if you looked like the type of woman to care about such a thing. You do not strike me as a type of woman to care about age so why should i," shrugging for a moment he would close his eyes and take a small breathe, his ears picking up on the faint traces of wildlife that would be moving around ten meters away from them.

Yume...a beautiful name for such an unknown rose although the name had no significance to his memory at the moment. He would open his eyes and look at Yume before speaking," Well i guess the pleasure is mine Yume, i am Yaju...or perhaps you can just call me whatever you would like since my name isn't something you hear often," the mood of the young ninja would be changing from pleasant to simple content as he listened to her once more.

" This forest has a lot of interesting stories and tales passed down by many people, although if you wanted a simple conversation and something else this would be your place," he didn't really believe that she just wanted to come here, but he would humor her to see how far he would get with her.

Yaju had chuckled lightly when she asked if he had always followed strange woman in which he would respond," See i am not as fortunate to see both a beautiful and strange woman so i was simply drawn to you, although i was more interested in seeing your true nature. You do not strike me as a typical woman nor do i think you want to have this small talk, so tell me what you really think," he didn't like beating around the bush nor did he want to, so now the real game would begin.

" It's simple really...so many men give poor excuses of this and that, but when it comes down to it...you aren't like normal women. You...give off the vibe of being more cunning than the average woman, you are someone that i feel that on a moments notice would kill a man after getting what you want from them. Take this as you want, but you are someone i would like on my side," although what this meant would be later explained if she had stuck around.

His grey colored eyes would continue to look her over for a moment before a small smile appeared on his face, but through the smile his wolf like teeth would show as a small plan worked up in his mind. Being a ninja that had never used the conventional way of killing people he wanted to test this woman to see if his assumption about her being more than the normal woman was true.

A date? Well there was something he had not thought about, maybe that would have been a simpler approach? Smiling he would shake his head for a moment and nod," You have a point on just simply asking you for a date, then again it is never too late now is it? So how about we actually go on a date...of course i will pay for everything," the slight sarcasm in his voice was apparent although he was also slightly serious.

Now she was getting to the point as she asked him once again what did he want from her in which he would look at her with a slight look of seriousness," Like i said earlier i am curious about you....more so that i even want you to be apart of my team. I wasn't kidding when i said i wanted you by my side. In case you didn't know i am one of the more powerful ninja in the village, even to where my name amongst the village is the "Savage Beast" of Kumo," he would pause for a moment to lean off of the tree he was on and step close to him with an outstretched hand.

" My proposition is simple, Join me and my team and i can guarantee you not only power...but in short time money and status, although it wont come easy," he would leave the rest for her to imagine but an offer like this wouldn't come lightly.