Check List (Hanakora Only)

[hanabi]

Only his footsteps are heard as Suguru walks through the aisles of plants and trees of the emense greenhouse that he has. With his note taking list in hand, he fixes his glasses to come up comfortabling on his nose and keeps on. Passing many exotic and rare vegetation, hot and humid, his sweat slowly pretrudes down his neck. He wipes it off quickly and is still on his way. The shade from the huge trees on the outside give a nice cool feel to his skin. He shifts his eyes to the left hallway and takes it. Going down the aisle finally to the small corner he starts. He inspects the colorful orange flower. There is only one though, as opposed to a bundle like all the others.

This is a special one that he loves. He smiles while looking at it. It is one stem but with five different beautiful buddings. He holds his glasses as he squats slightly inspecting it closing. Seeing nothing wrong with it. He waters it lightly with a gentle smile. When he finishes he looks to his checkboard grabs his pen and checks it. "Pilosella aurantiaca check," he says as the pen marks the small little check box. He stands thinking for a moment how this great greenhouse and as well as the great enourmous trees outside giving him some shade from the humid tropical climate inside. Even with white clothes on the climate still gets him a little glow from his sweat.

[lian]

This day would be one of the worst for this month, Lian was sure of it. The girl hummed a quiet tune as she walked towards the greenhouse; Her right hand rested on the handle of her katana, Azarni, which currently slep in it's sheath, held by a sword harness on her back. Using her other hand, she ran her fingers through her soft, green hair again and again to make sure that her hair wasn't tangle. The brown jacket she usually wore was tied around her waist, revealing now a white, sleeveless shirt that was usually hidden under other clothes, legs of her knee-lenght, wine red capri had got a little wet, and all over her hair and bare arms were small flower petals, white and red; For anyone one whe knew her, it was clear that she had just returned from her daily training in the forest. Yesterday the girl had got news bags of the Hanakora seeds and had wanted to test them right away; She got new seeds every month sine they were really important for her techniques, and of course, free to the clan members.

Oh, about this day? It was pretty hot, and Lian had never liked too warm weather; Luckily she lived so near to the border of the Hi no Kuni, in the middle of the land it was probably even warmer. It was impossible to train for longer times in this kind of heat, and well... That was what she usually did at this time, now she didn't know what to do, how to spend her day... Well, she had one idea, she could help in the greenhouses, when she was little, those exciting glass buildings had been her favourite places. Now they were already familiar to her, less exciting but calming, home for her 'kashiwa' side. Lian ran her fingers over the sheath of her weapon one more time and reached then for the handle of the greenhouse's door. Funny, she didn't remember they had one this far from the Mansion...

After entereing, Lian turned to close the door behind her before starting to scann the greenhouse with her bright blue eyes; This was when she started to suspect something strange. Hanakora greenhouses were never quiet like this, there were always people to watch after the plants and protect the clan's secrets from overly curious strangers, but this... She didn't see anyone. Lian stood still, listening, and finally she heard a step, then another. The girl felt her heart race, her hand returned to the handle of Azarni, "the thistle." Had someone snuck in and taken care of the guards? In that case, she'd have to handle this alone, there was no time to run to the mansion to get help, someone might steal the plants... The girl began to walk carefully through the aisles with long, gracefull steps; She didn't make any noise, only a quiet 'cling' and sweep when The Thistle slid from it's sheath.

When she got to the end of the aisle, the girl found what she was looking for, a young man at his age, hopefully not much more experienced than her. Lian took a deep breath and walked closer, carefully, staring at his back, yet she kept a good distance when she stopped, straightened her back and lifted her chin up proudly, Azarni pointed towards the stranger.
"You, what are you doing here? Turn around, slowly."
Before this she really hadn't really looked at the boy that carefully, but now when she had got this close, it was easier to scann at her opponent, search for something that might help her soon. Nothing special when she first took a look, her eyes trailed from his legs upwards; Nice, he had a red hair... Red? Suddenly the girl began to hesistate, her sword lowered slightly, but she was still ready to use the weapon. Maybe she had just made something really embarrassing; The girl scowled slightly. Once he'd turn around... Oh no, if he'd have blue eyes... Such a terrible day for her, definetly.

[hanabi]

A soft tender voice speaks to him from behind him. His eyes shift to the left as he is about to turn that way. Before he turns he analyzes what she said and the tone. Her tone was quite firm and authoritative his mind quickly translates and acknowledges him to move and turn around with his blue eyes looking to his left as his head turns slowly like she wanted him to do. The soft voice is like he thought from a female. His glasses give a glare as the light shines on them as he turned. His eyebrows are slightly above more than usual looking at her with... a sword pointing at him? The situation seems to get worse, he thinks quickly what he might of done wrong. Did he break some sort of rule that he didn't notice? Did he commit a crime coming to his own greenhouse? His calm mind cools him off knowing that this is indeed his own property and house.

"Umm... going down the check list of my plants." he reponds respectively and calmly to her even with a sword pointing at him. His eyebrows go down where they normally are, and he leaves his pen in hand over his check board while still looking at her. Suguru is always polite towards others, even towards the enemy, unless of course if they mess with a loved one of his. If they have problem with just him, then he is calm and kind. He has been this way for a long time, wise and calm just like his parents. Quite and understanding, trying to learn as much as they can of the situation and have a knack to make great decisions from the observations. This is what he is doing know. He knows now and is more assured that he has not broken any rule what so ever as well as that as he inspects the person pointing the sword at her, that she has green hair.

Green hair means she is part of his clan, the Hanakora. Then he looks at the eyes and they are blue just like his. Quite the scene just looking at her exterior. Looking to the rest of her body, he finds that she has multiple flower buds on her. He quickly can tell what and which are their names of these flowers. Most of them are used to their techniques, even ones that he knows. Then looking to the lower part he can see sweat made the clothes that she has damp and darken in color. With all this he comes to the assumption that she was either learning or working on a technique before she came in here and point her weapon at him. Although completely unharmed, he still has his handy pen he still stays in the position of the hand hovering of the check board to not seem that he wants to attack and not make this situation worse.

"Are you alright there... you seem quite fatigued? I can help if you wish." With a soft and nice smile that can calm even the most restless minds he talks to the person seeming that she is in an awkward situation. He won't laugh nor make fun, these things happen from time to time and it is not his style to do such terrible things to someone's feelings. He is fully willing to help another clan comrade and sooth her so she can be steady and at ease. All he waits is for response. Depending on it, he will still stay away and be ready if she attacks with his pen ready in hand but not threatening. His blue eyes stay on her, and always tries to make eye contact and try to keep it. It is always nice to see a female which beauty can compare to those of the most exotic and great to the eyes to see.

[lian]

The fate was so cruel to her sometimes... The weather, and now this? When the boy turned, her attention was drawn to his eyes; Blue like hers, she had made quite a mistake, threathening a full blood of her own clan; Most likely he was, red hair and those eyes, she was sure of it, yet as she kept scanning at the unknown Hanakora, she forgot to lower her weapon. The boy looked a little surprised, if she read him right, but luckily not angry. An arguement between the young full bloods might give something interesting for the clan to gossip about, some excitement to their peaceful, relaxed life style, but probably she'd get to hear hash words from the elders later; It'd be bad for her fame, for the clan Lian had always been a good, descent girl, they didn't know about her fiery nature. If she wanted to reach her goal and lead the clan one day, she'd have to stay decent for now, and show her stubbornity and strenght little by little...

"Umm... going down the check list of my plants."

His words brought her back to reality; For a moment she was confused by them, but remembered then her earlier question; Very impolitely asked one, now when she thought about this. True, he had a pen and somekind of check board, this young man didn't look very dangerous, and even if he attacked with that pen, it wouldn't cause much damage. Lian would have smiled if she wasn't so embarrassed and frustrated to herself. Finally the girl noticed that she was still pointing at the stranger with the katana, she seemd to relax slightly and rose the sword, slid it over her shoulder back to it's dark, wooden sheath; Home for The Thistle. Yes, the boy still looked calm, but maybe it was one of those 'calm down the maniac' faces? She surely didn't look good, sneaking behind an innocent with her katana.

"Are you alright there... you seem quite fatigued? I can help if you wish."

Luckily she didn't want to think of anything smart to save the situation before the boy spoke again; Till this she had looked serious, maybe with a slightly arrogant way, but now she allowed the mask to soften to a suspicious look - was this still a part of the 'talking with a lion' act - and then to more thoughtful face. Maybe she really was a little tired after her training, although it had been a lot shorter time than usually, but how could he help with that? Most likely he'd give her poison or something just to knock her out; That wouldn't be the best way to return home, carried by ANBU units or this boy, although it might be interesting to hear what he'd try to explain to the elders... No, maybe she wouldn't agree to that kind of help, but there was one thing.

The girl took a deep breath and moved her left hand on her right upper arm, over her complicated, black tattoo and a big leaf stuck on it; At first it didn't look special with any way, a part of a plant among the numerous petals, but when she started to remove the leaf carefully, a red drop escaped from under it, ran down to her arm quickly, painting a red line behind it, and when she finally tore off the rest of the leaf, many of it's dark red sisters followed in haste. Azarni wasn't a toy, sometimes when they were training, it seemd to thrist for her blood; This had definetly been one of those times, a small accident; Gosh, how had she managed to cut herself like that with a long sword... The result of this small accident was a neat, a little widened wound on her arm; The pain didn't bother her that much, but she was worried of her beautiful tattoo. Lian rested her hands on her sides and gave another arrogant look at the boy again.
"No thank you... But do you have bandages?"

[hanabi]

"Yes, please follow me." Being very formal and polite walks passed her towards the entrance and exit of the greenhouse towards his own house. Pacing himself so she can follow him without complication. He is really knowledgable, he immediately knew what she was, a full blood like he is. He knows that they both are very rare and now even more the clan will pressure his family for him to get together with her because of this. He opens the door for her to his house so she can enter. "Please after you..." he waits till she comes in. Afterwards he will go to the medical supplies storage that they have. Once there he looks past the antidotes and serums. Antibiotics... then finally he sees the bandages, he grabs enough for her. Shortly he walks and appears before her.

The house seems like a semi mansion, quite expansive but not as much as the main part of the clan has. His family did not really want it but the clan offered because he was indeed a full blood. Many benefits were given and most were rejected, thus why not most know that Suguru even exists in the clan as a full blood, he likes to isolate himself from them to not get much attention to himself or his family. "Mind if I wrap it around your wound...?" he stays in front of her waiting for her response.

[lian]

“Thank you, I will reward you somehow”
Finally giving the boy a small smile, very polite one, Lian followed the boy; Although the first impression was what it was, she knew that they’d have to meet again, sooner or later, it was a small miracle that nobody had already arranged a meeting with some excuse. It was a little embarrassing to think about these kind of things, especially now when she had just met the boy, but there really weren’t many full bloods left... It’s rare to in the clan for paretns to force their children to anything, but everybody wished that she’d marry another full blood, to keep up the clan’s traditions and strenght. Maybe there were others than the two of them, she didn’t know, but she hadn’t heard of any in a long time. The clan wasn’t desperate, but if something would go wrong, she might even found herself from an arranged marriage; After all, the age wasn’t very important thing for them.

With these thoughts the girl scanned at the boy, she couldn’t help smiling playfully. Nah, she didn’t worry about such things, it was very unlikely just now, but the boy was kind of cute. And, he seemd polite too, maybe a little of the quiet type... She’d like that, but it was just wrong to imagine “What if?” Lian snapped out of her thoughts to listen at the boy’s words, she made sure to hide her smile before she looked first at the boy, then towards the door. Manners... Lian shrugged lightly and walked in; No matter how crazy the boy thought that she was, she doubt that he had set traps for her in such a short time. The girl took few steps to get away from the doorway and stopped then to examine her surroundings.

Was this really his house? Almost like a mansion; This place managed to surprise her somehow, would she too live in a place like this if she had chosen to live with her family? The Hana mansion was a fancy place with it’s own way, but somehow more homey, like a big, big cottage, wooden walls and plants. The girl’s lips parter slightly in surprise, she glanced around her once again, turned around, just to hear the boy’s voice from behind her soon after; Gosh, he had probably just appeared before her, and she had turned away...
"Mind if I wrap it around your wound...?"
Lian turned around quickly, scanned the boy once from head to toes; Bandages, nothing dangerous, no signs of worry. Good. As she glanced down, for her surprise, the girl noticed that there was a small, red puddle on her right; She hadn’t even noticed it, the pain had disappear a while ago.

“Oh my,” the girl muttered to herself and took a step back; Blood stains weren’t the easiest sort to clean, it’d look pretty strange too for anyone who’d visit there, they’d wonder what had happened and create their own, interesting stories... At least she new how to control herself, someone more stupid than her could have tried to wipe the stain away, but she stayd far from it; Trying to do something would only make it worse.
“I’m sorry, I’ll pay for all the ‘damage’ I’ll do to your house... Please do, I’ll try to stay still, you don’t have to be gentle.”
Lian took a deep breath and took a step closer to the boy again, to her left, staying far from the blood stain. She bit her bottom lip lightly and reached out her hand, showing him the wound; It might need few stitches later. The wound was still sensitive and achy, wrapping the bandages around it would hurt, but she’d stand it without a noise.

[hanabi]

He gets back to where she is and finds her looking down at a puddle of blood staining the floor. His eyebrows rise up quickly and then come back just as fast as they went up. At the sametime his eyes widen slightly but not too much. "Oh...," he looks at then to her as she towards and apologizes from the stains of her blood. He nods slightly. "It's alright no need to worry." Her arm extends to him and he grabs it softly getting the bandages to start from the bottom then up towards her shoulder. When he finishes, wraps it tightly at the end. "There, you might need stitches for that." Him saying the obvious about the wound just as a reminder. He gives a slight sigh and looks down at the stain. "Ok then..." he scratches his eyebrow. "I guess that would do it for now, ah pardon my manners, my name is Suguru, and yours?" With a slight soft smile he awaits her response.

((sry braindead >_<))

[lian]

What had she done with that sword before cutting herself? The wound was sensitive, still dripping blood as the boy started to wrap the bandages around it. Lian hissed quietly at the pain and closed her eyes, bit deep in her lip during the whole process, but she didn't complain, that would have been such a rude way to thank the boy. When he finally finished the work, Lian opened her eyes to examine the result and nodded then slightly to his comment about the stitches. She didn't show it, but his words made her worry about her tattoo again; It wasn't just something 'cool' she had taken for looks but a precious memory, she'd better get those stitches as soon as possible, the wound would heal faster... A small sigh of relief escaped from her lips, at least the pain was gone for now. At the same time she heard the boy sigh; It gave her a little strange, embarrassed feeling, was she boring him, or what? She looked down at the blood stain, unsure what to do.

"I guess that would do it for now, ah pardon my manners, my name is Suguru, and yours?"

"Hmm...? Suguru-san?"
Lian lifted her head again, locking her bright blue eyes to his without a sign of hesistation or shyness; She was a pretty bold young lady and the boy was a member of the same clan, at least in her mind, they were closer than strangers to each other, especially now when she was standing there, in his house, and he had given his name for her; Suguru, strange that she had never heard the name before. It'd be just polite, but again, telling your name to someone meant a little more to her, if she'd give hers, it'd mean that she trusted this boy. Then again, why wouldn't she? He had taken care of her wound, although she had threathened him with a sword, and he seemd to be a full blooded member of her clan too. And if he'd betray her... Azarni was always thirsty.

Finally the girl allowed a small smile to her lips, not the same, fake and false one she had used earlier, this time she meant it; The boy was interesting, maybe worth wasting a little more time, too? After all, it was a bad day for training or duties, spending some time to this new acquiantance didn't seem like a bad idea.
"My name is Lian, and I think you met Azarni too," she said brightly, pointing quickly towards her katana. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Suguru-san. I'm sorry about all this, I interrupted your work... Usually I would continue my training, but today even the weather is agaisnt me, I really need something to do... Maybe I could make this up to you somehow right now? Help with something, or... Whatever you want."

[hanabi]

He nods slightly responding to what she is saying. He was doing a somewhat of an inventory of the greenhouse when he was interrupted by her. He couldn't help but just check his favorite flower. It was fine and great and always budding more and more colorful and brighter. He loves the spring makes things much more exquisite and more passionate. That side of him has more probably of coming out this time of year. The desire of his own, his hunger for knowledge from the outside, and the desire for the physical needs sometimes come out as well. The sudden thought comes to his mind as thinks this way. Of course his intellectual side says thats just plain out of the question, they have just met. He gives a smile and thinks of what to do next.

He nods once more, "Alright, I guess... you can help on what I was doing. Here," he takes another checking board from the table nearby. "Am sure you know about plants am right? Well they are in order and a small map is there of the greenhouse so you can find it. Inspect the flower, plant, and or trees and see if they are ok, you can water them if you'd like to." He gives a smile to her. He then begins to walk back towards the main entrance of his house. "Lets go." He opens the door for her to go through then to go to the greenhouse. Once there he quickly begins his checklist and inspecting the flower that he has next on the list. Slightly bending down to see he looks at it closely and starts to check things on the list without even looking at the board. He nods everytime he sees something good and checks it everytime.

He goes to the next down the aisle and continues to do the same. After he finishes with the currnt one he looks to see where she is. "Are you getting it?"