Step into Destiny. . . [Tagged: Fumiko]

He nodded once and then quickly shifted himself to a hiding place, he knew he couldn't kill anybody in the village. That wouldn't be good to their plans at all. But he could at least throw these guys off the trail, and he had just the idea to do it. After running through seals, he quickly activated another Henge no Jutsu transforming himself into a young man with short blonde hair and huge eyes the same color as Fumiko's. He set his sword down onto the ground and looked around his hiding place, luckily there was an apron there which he quickly threw over himself. He had adjusted his height so that he was much shorter, only about a foot taller than the girl. When this was done he walked out with a dishrag in his hands and an apron over his body. Walking up to the door he disguised his voice so that it was very light as he said, "Oh? Be careful my sister's snake is not fond of strangers. My name is Hashimoto Sato, who are you looking for?" The man gave him a quick one-over and then said with a very gruff voice, no longer trying to push his way in now that he had seen the boy. "There's been reports that a possible rogue shinobi might be in the village, have you seen any suspicious activity?" Umashi looked around the house for a second before laughing and saying, "Do you see any suspicious activity? I was just making lunch for myself and my younger sister. But if I hear of anything I'll be sure to let you know." The man stood in the doorway for several seconds, staring before nodding and saying, "Yea... If you hear of anything, alert the nearest shinobi that you see." He nodded once and started to leave as Umashi closed the door, and walked over to the pot of soup.

Releasing the transformation he quickly said, "I'll put the leftovers away, can you make sure to close all the blinds? But do it in a way that seems highly inconspicuous. I'll also be unable to stay at the inn for the time being, do you know of anywhere safe I could stay?" He asked while he found a container and put the rest of the soup into it, throwing it into the fridge he walked over to where he had been hiding and retrieved his sword, for caution's sake he undid the cord and re-wrapped it around his back. If they had any suspicions, they might be back in a few hours with a much bigger force. If that ended up being the case (although it would be worst case) then he would have to fight his way through with the girl and then get out of the village as quickly as possible, but he felt as if he had done a good job with his transformation so there shouldn't be any reason to worry.

But it was always good to be cautious.

As he was led to the room by the young girl, he was very impressed with the job she had done. She had closed them in a completely non suspicious way. Heh, what talent she had indeed. . . The girl had quickly led him into a room by two of his fingers before saying, "You can stay here. An onii-san would live with his sibling, right?" He looked down at her and smiled, "Aye, I guess that would be so wouldn't it?" He looked around the room and nodded, now that he knew where it was located he walked back out and quickly found his stuff in the form of a small bag. He knew he would be staying in the house for about a week or so, so he made sure to pull out scrolls of stuff that would last about a week. Opening up the scrolls, he reached up and bit his thumb, drawing blood onto it. Writing a special kanji and placing his hand on each scroll in turn as he released his belongings onto the bed. He was so focused on this task that he was unsure if she was still in the room but he found himself saying slightly louder in case she had left, "Oy kiddo! I've noticed that no one else is really around but you have an empty room here... Who stays in it?" Once he had asked this, he smiled as he had finished with the scrolls. Rolling up the empty ones and throwing them back into his bag.

He looked around, saying to himself. "Now, let's liven this up a little bit yes?" He set about placing his belongings in a way that made the room seem a lot fuller than it actually was, he put his clothes into the closet and then nodded. He flopped down onto the bed and closed his eyes, saying aloud "Aye, now this is quite homey. It's perfect for now, I haven't been in a bed this comfortable in such a long time..." His voice trailed off as he started to stretch his body out, truly enjoying this finer moment in life that he never really got to experience. "It's all about the finer things in life and this one is one I'm never going to forget!" He chuckled and then opened his eyes, placing his hands behind his head as he looked up at the ceiling. His feet trailed off the end of the bed quite a bit, but he didn't really care at all. Although. . . He had no idea if the young girl was still in the room, and started to look around.

He looked up into her eyes, her big ol' eyes. Reaching up through her long blonde hair, he tapped her forehead again as he said, "Aye, I'll stay." He sat up and moved her out of the way softly, itching both of his ears with both hands and chuckling briefly as he then looked around and said, "Otou-san huh?" So it was her father, but the way her tone presented it seemed to be as if it was something she didn't want to talk about, perhaps it was a pain she was still dealing with. He decided not to press it any further, he felt something on the ground touching his feet and looked down to see the snake slithering at his feet. "Nyaahh!" He exclaimed, his upper body jumping back a little bit. His face contorted into one of slight fright and embarrassment as he turned and with one hand pointed down at the snake and with the other hold it at the side of his face as if he was keeping a secret from the snake as he whispered, "I don't know if he likes me very much." He looked down at the snake again with an inquisitive look on his face. Heh. . .

Taking a deep breath, he slowly moved his feet up onto the bed and crossed his legs together as to not disturb or hurt the snake as his eyes drifted up to the ceiling. He really wanted to smoke a cigar, but he didn't want to to mess up the harmony of the house with his dirty habit and he couldn't go outside until things had settled down. Gaahhaah. He decided to distract himself by turning to the girl and starting to speak, "So, where is it exactly that you want to see? I've pretty much been all over the world in this past year and I could tell you a lot, for instance! Did you know that the Raikage is one of the most beautiful women in the entire world? Not to mention that her skill with swords is said to rival my own. He blushed a bit with this, he had seen the Raikage once and he was quite smitten with her. A fleeting thought passed his mind that he tucked in for when they had left the village~ he started to talk again, "Or we could go see the famous sand dwellers of Sunagakure who are the only humans ever to tame the vicious Sand Worms of the desert." He nodded at this and then continued, "We could even visit the famous shrine of Hanzo Hattori in the Iron Country, said to have been the greatest samurai to ever live who could cut the tip of a flame off with his blade and hold it in his palm."

He was getting quite excited talking about these things and he told her a few more before he waited for her reaction, he told her about the bears of Fiyoko Forest that he had made a contract with and told her that they welcomed him as brethren and that he could probably get her to visit them if she wanted. He then told her of the Hokage Mountain but warned her that they couldn't see that one for a very, very long time. He finished by telling her about the famous hot springs of Kumogakure that were said to rival those of Iwagakure no Sato.

"What do you think of all that kid?" He said excitedly, before asking: "By the way, where are the best hot springs in the village in your opinion? I'm thinking about going later you're welcome to join me."