Wandering

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
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She's Good For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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Now, for Sakura, she didn't mind a bit that this girl seemed to be speaking to her. However, the moment she started flirting with Kogitsune, it kind of irritated Sakura. It wasn't because she felt something towards Kogitsune, but, well... The poor boy was already under enough stress at the moment, and she was sure he didn't need to deal with anything more. Not to mention, the fact that she'd just used Sakura's presence as an opening to get to the man kind of ticked her off as well. It would be a fight for her not to punt the little shrimp across the springs, that was for sure.

"Kogitsune, huh? That's a cute name," the girl replied in that sickly sweet voice. In all honesty, that voice was worse than Ino's own had ever been towards Sasuke, and she'd thought that to be sickly sweet. This girl was an all-time all-boys flirt! Jee, so the rumors she'd heard about the Chuunin hadn't been just a jest after all... She really was Konoha's biggest flirt, or at least of the year previous' class. Perhaps she'd have to ask Tenten about the girl's antics sometime... Because the weapons mistress had graduated the same year as her, after all.

"Hoshigakure no Sato?" The girl gasped. "I've always wanted to visit Hoshigakure! I've heard it's a really pretty place to see!" Sakura knew she'd have to resist the temptation to knock the girl clean out, as it wouldn't be very good publicity to knock out a girl in the middle of a hotspring, now would it? She'd either have to give Kogitsune a Sakura-Freak-Out warning or find some private time where she could collapse a few trees... Or, better yet, she could just take everything out on someone later. Perhaps if Kakashi-sensei gave them some stupid test she could take it out on the Jounin... Even if it wasn't a very nice thing to do, Sakura would still do it.

Sakura pretended not to notice as the girl casually sat beside Kogitsune, and she herself decided to stand up for a moment. "If you don't mind, I'm going to go get a cloth for my face. I'll be back." She tried not to make her tone very tense, but she was sure it sounded like such anyways. Perhaps Kogitsune would share her view on the acts of this random Chuunin that had decided to show up... Because Sakura wasn't liking her one bit. If she could have the liberty to punt her halfway across the Hi no Kuni, she would certainly take it, surely.

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[Kogitsune]

Completely oblivious to the flirting of the blonde, a grateful smile ghosted Kogitsune's features, and his dark eyes softened and re-focused on the girl at the compliment. "Ah... thank you very much, Miss," he said in his soft half-whisper, half-singing voice of embarrassment. Never before had he been complimented on his name, and he wasn't all that sure that he lived up to his namesake. "Little Fox" or not, he certainly didn't see himself as playful or adorable as a kit, and he certainly did not find the strength to be as energetic as one.

Hakuhoshi, "White Star," was as pure and angelic as his name... and as warm as the heat from it. No matter what the situation was, the other always had retained a welcoming smile plastered onto his lips: one of the many, many reasons that Kogitsune had been attracted to him. He continuously wondered how he could have found such a gem as Hakuhoshi, but he could never find that clue. What had drawn the shinobi to him? Heck, what drew anyone to him?

At the reaction from the mention from his home, Kogitsune's confused almond eyes widened in shock from the pure excitement radiating from the young girl who seemed interested the the tiny village of the Bear Country. It really was relaxing that someone besides he himself knew about the hidden village, and his smile that had unconsciously dropped while in thought lifted back in the slightest. "Yes... Hoshigakure no Sato is very quaint. If you don't mind my asking, what do you like the best about it?" Kogitsune was genuinely curious to know what the outsiders knew about the forest-ringed village that had been his home for a little over eighteen years.

The smile grew again, and all of Kogitsune's attention was focused between his mentor Haruno Sakura and the new addition to their onsen mini-party: .... What was her name again? "Um... and, also, if you wouldn't mind giving your name?" he asked quietly, then gave a worried glance to Haruno Sakura as she ascended and left his side.