all in good time [P]

[Se`faelne`some`]

The lake was a small body of water, a mere 100 meters long with about 30 meters wide in some spots and about 3-5 feet deep with a 7 foot drop down in the water at the falls. It the warm waters of summer was found here, it had three inlets, a water fall that fell into the lake, there was smooth stones around the waterfall, there was half a circle of smooth large rocks in the water sticking up to form a look of teeth in front of the waterfall. The first inlet was a mere 30 meters from the waterfall, the inlet was smooth rocks.

It had a sand bar that suck up halfway for a few inches before vanishing below the water with a ten foot opening in the middle. The water was clear, clean and as it was night, with a full moon and the stars out. There was not a cloud in the sky, nor was the place alone. The banks were short places with smooth stones, with one or two beaches but were mostly tall grass going all the way up the water's edge. An ideal spot for her night time moments. The waterfall its self was hollow behind it covering anyone who could hid in it and it was a 15 foot high waterfall.

She was dressed in the following items of clothing, fancy hat with a pair of bangles. she has a few pieces bangles in her hair that tinkle as she moves. she wear a ball gown dress that is an golden color edging with gray brown as the main color. it has most of herself dressed, but it has parts of her tummy showing with a lilac pattern. her dress has two slits on the front so that the long dark one hangs down like a really long loincloth, she calls it the latest fashion. Covered over top of everything was her cloak, that contained the following, 48 Makibishi, 45 Darts, 15 Bo-Shuriken, 45 Hira-Shuriken, two Kunai, an single Scroll, a Walkie-Talkie, an 8 inch Length Flashlight and 20 Flint stones.

Mouse moved with the grace of an woman taught how to walk gracefully. Her feet took her the lake that was past her house coming from sound. Her outer clothing came off as she peeled off her fancy clothes. Once undressed, she slipped down to water leaving her clothes in a neat pile and she slipped into the water. The water was cool on her skin, making her shiver from summer warm water that was cooling at night. Her hair combs were on top of the pile of clothes her short boyish hair could be plainly seen in the moon light.

She dived down once to get completely covered in water. Her hands moved to start to splash at the water as she started to scrub her body clean with smooth rocks from the bank of the lake. The small fish could not be seen, and it felt like she was alone here in this quiet place on the lake, her movements could be heard on all sides of the lake as she giggled at herself.

[Takeuchi]

Alone? Yes, she was alone at that lake, at least for a time. Yet that time dwindled and while the Uchiha made his way to the lake, he had traveled so long with no rest, he was hoping to be able to wash himself here before getting some sleep. A majority of the items he carried around with him were left behind in a safe place, yet in the back pocket of his black slacks the man. His wardrobe was really quite unusual, especially for one of his profession and fighting style.

Criminals were not generally known to wear a black business suit with a matching tie over a white button down shirt. The materials all seemed to be of the highest quality in both durability and comfort. With a towel over his arm the man approached the side of the lake and set it down, he was actually only a few feet to the left of the presently naked woman's clothing. Yet at this point in time the desire to sleep was overpowering and he took no notice, placing the towel to his left on the ground. Moving closer to the water he cupped some of it in his hands and rubbed it over his face.

The refreshing coolness to it bringing fresh vigor to him a small smile formed on his lips. It had been far too long since the man was able to rest and now he would finally be able to bathe in the refreshing water of the lake. Removing the jacket from his body the man with long black hair folded it neatly and placed it beside the dress, only now registering it's presence. Looking from the dress the Brawler's onyx eyes slowly moved to the lake, catching sight of the nude as she scrubbed herself. The light of the full moon bathed her just as readily as the water and ever detail was plainly apparent to the man.

"Wha...?" The noise came unbidden from his mouth before the sight before him fully registered and the image imprinted itself in his mind. "Wah!?" The exclamation came and his face turned beet red, heard turning and eyes closing. Why was there a woman all the way out here in the countryside bathing in the nude in a lake where anyone could see? Jeez, he really was not use to this kind of thing, the man had never really taken an interest in the opposite sex before, at least not with anyone besides Kana.

[Se`faelne`some`]

Mouse was unaware of the man as he came up to the lake side. Her short hair teasing her neck as her hands were busy with the stones. but then her ears picked up on words. Her eyes body froze as the noise came again, her face turns to the lake side. Her eyes widen, her mouth opened giving a

bloodcurdling scream.

Her reaction was to then throw the stones at the man and retreat to deeper water. Her hands covering her chest as best as she could now. She allowed her body to sink below the water surface, her lips moved finally into talking her tones taking on one of a princess,

"… please go away to another part of the lake, sir."

oh, lord, if her father knew about this, he would be mad as hell at her for allowing her self to be merely seen out on the lake like this, was her panicky thoughts. She was not going to go close to this strange man at all in any given time. her eyes were staring at the man with this panicky look about them, she was hoping that this man would do as she asked really.

[Takeuchi]

A scream on bloodcurtling nature, naturally, came from the woman's mouth. Without looking, his eyes shot and face turned away, the man could feel the stones coming at him. Instinctively his body moved, each hand catching one and his body moving to avoid the rest. It was his training as a Brawler that saved him tonight, not the mystical crimson eyes of the Uchiha. Why did she have to have picked this part of the lake to get undressed and swim in? It was the only place close enough for him to bathe in security without being too far away from the items he had stored away.

His cheeks grew redder as the image of the woman's body continued to remain present in his mind. Dammit, he was a grown man and yet here he was acting like some teenager all because of an unclothed woman. Still, he was not going to just turn back and stare now like some lecherous old man. Picking up his towel in response to her request and holding it at arm's length towards her. "I can't just up and leave this spot, I'm afraid. Could you please at least make yourself decent and cover yourself properly, use my towel if you need to."

If she requested or stated her lack of trust in me and not wanting to come near I would ball of the cloth and throw it out to her. At least it would give her something to cover herself with, even if she would not be able to dry her body using it.

[Se`faelne`some`]

Mouse stared at the man as he spoke, saying that he couldn’t leave this place. Her eyes widen slightly then her eyes flared up with an unspeakable look of hurt in them. Her body couldn’t move for half a second as her mind quickly weighed her choices, take the towel and flee,or refuse the towel and not get close to him. Her lips moved moved to speak,

I don’t trust you.

His response to her then by balling up the cloth and throwing the towel at her. Her hands moved to grasp the thing and wrapping and knotting it around herself, she turned and moved up almost clumsy like to the sand bar before molding the chakra around her feet and she took off running to the waterfall 30 meters away like the devil was behind her. Once there she hide like a rat behind the water before she realized she had left everything back there,

with him.

Her heart was pounding her hands moved to rub on her forehead. Eyes were cutting back and forth, she would have to go back for them. Dang it, her face turned back to face the sandbar and its hidden contents,

and I ran away like any foolish coward... dang it.

She stared hard at the place, wishing the ground would eat her up as her mind went to say that the man was one of an devil, but then holding her hand to her heart she finally spoke softly to herself remembering how easy it had been for him to stop her rocks,

he cant be the devil... devil wouldn't have done things like that.. so.. he might be a gentleman?

Though he had seen her, his cheeks were darker in the moonlight then the rest of his body, her hands covered her face feeling dirty. She doubted that water would get that feeling to go away. She stayed in the cave behind the waterfall for about 15 minutes, then she picked up her spunk and crept out of the cave down to rocks at the foot of the cave, she started to move back across the water to the sand bar. The towel was clinging to her body but covering everything as it was wet, the knot was still holding as she moved slowly. she was currently only about 5 meters away from the waterfall,she was doing her best not to make noise as she moved to go back to her clothes.

[Takeuchi]

She took his towel and wrapped it around herself, thankfully the man had brought a towel big enough that it could even wrap around her voluptuous breasts. Looking back in time to see her move to stand atop the water and run for the waterfall. Well, that was interesting and everything, but she had her clothing behind in a pile. Everything was going to become wrinkled and with a small sigh he stood and picked up her clothing. Examining and straightening them the Uchiha would fold the dress and everything else she had dropped upon the ground, taking it's shape into account to keep it all from wrinkling.

With that done the black haired man began to strip as well, his almost scaled looking flesh clear in the moonlight. Folding his own clothing as it was removed, the Missing Ninja piled it up neatly beside the woman's folded clothes. Well, it was time for a bath and with all his clothes removed the man slipped into the water, staying in the shallows close to the shore. Even while bathing he had to be on high alert, it was really rather depressing.

[Se`faelne`some`]

Mouse's face had a unhealthy glow to it as she moved with all the stealth she had in her as she moved across the water to reach above the inlet. She moved to dry ground as she made her way back with small noise of her walking back to her pile of clothes and stuff. Her hands moved brushing up on trees that were around the lake. The towel was slowly un-knotting itself as she moved. She moved like she was walking on eggshells.

I hope he had left by now.. or he will not be looking at me when I get my clothes..

her feet moved until she was almost on top of the inlet, her eyes looking about for the man and if he had left as of yet. he was to her big, tall, and freaking scary, she had no wish to meet up with him again. Her face had become white with stress as she moved holding the towel in place now with a single hand. her back was also killing her now.

[Takeuchi]

While the woman had been slowly making her way back to the area her clothing was the man was sitting leisurely in the shallows and washing himself. It had been such a long time since he was able to bathe properly, ever since he had left the hidden cloud village in fact. So, the man took his time and bathed properly. By the time she had arrived at the area his back was towards her and he remained unaware of her presence in the tall grass behind him. With one final sigh of relief he stood up and turned, only to see her crouching in the tall grass with the towel around her. At least she was covered this time, even if he was having difficulty register that he was not.

[Se`faelne`some`]

Mouse eyes grew big as she realized how close the man was to her and his skin looked different now that she could see him better. at he was turned around facing away from her but then he did something. He turned around and looked at her. She had been found by him and he was nude. Her eyes closed fully not wanting to see this at all, her hands moved up to her eyes and covered them,

Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!

Her mouth dropped slightly before she squeaked out,

…. get dressed...

her body had been shocked enough for one night. Her father will be flying mad at her for not running home with the towel on, he could always buy her more dresses but he couldn't fix all her mistakes.

[Takeuchi]

It was only when she spoke did he realize the state he was in and quickly he moved. Getting as much excess water from his body as he could the man left the lake and snatched up his clothes. Moving a few feet away with his back turned to her the male dressed himself quickly. The suit looked somewhat half hazard on him like this, but he started to straighten it fairly quickly. With his back turned as he was doing so he spoke to the woman, "I'm dressed, you should dress yourself too. I didn't know if you'd be back soon so I folded your clothes to keep them from wrinkling." Jeez, he was too flustered over all this and was straightening up the suit in excess.

[Se`faelne`some`]

Mouse didn’t move until he spoke, telling her to get dressed. She quickly did so, soon her back had its smoothing back support on it. Her feet moved away from the man, as the towel was folded up and placed between the pair. He was scaly and scary like a snake and lord knows that her and snakes dont get along with each other. Her feet were edging for her getaway now, she spoke pausing once she made it to that she would turn and run away from the man again.

Clearly she wasn’t made for the wilds. She was a pure breed lady from earth and brought to sound to live. Her mind flew back to the one she called darling, what would he do? Her mind said he would fight because he was male. That’s what males do from what she had seen in her life they fought for things. Darling though, had been different, he had reacted by walking away from her, she still couldn’t figure out why. This man on the other hand, was scary like a the devil, and we all know what devils do, plus he had scales, her lips moved as she spoke,

why do you have.. scales like a snake, sugar?

She hope that she wouldn’t die, she was too young to die, she was only 18 years old, she had little idea that something like this would happen on a normal night for her. That dirty feeling returned slightly as she knew she would be scrubbing her self all over to try to rid herself of that feeling. And that feeling only happened by a mere look as well.

[Takeuchi]

He listened as the woman dressed, not wanting to accidentally turn at the wrong time and get another eye full of her naked. It was not that he found her unattractive, though, the buxom woman was truly quite beautiful, but it would be impolite. Even with Mukuro not being the greatest of gentlemen, he still had manners and would not gaze upon a woman like that. She could not hide the slight fear in her movements or the noises they provided, and the Uchiha already knew what he must look like, a black eyed beast. When it was clear that she was dressed once again the dark haired man turned to face her and sat down, legs crossed.

It was clear she was ready to run at any second, and the former shinobi was trying to make it clear that he had no intention of giving chase. Then the question came, the question about his body that brought memories flooding back. "First of all, you can relax, I have no intention of harming you in any way, shape, or form. As for my body, well, they're lizard and not snake scales. They aren't really scales at all, just the shape imprinted on my skin. Back to the point though, years ago there was a woman I would do anything to protect and in order to gain new strength for that purpose I had my body fused with several reptiles and this visual result was produced."

[Se`faelne`some`]

Mouse stared at the man for a short while before she did relax slightly, but her body was still posed to flee at a given thought, her eyes took the man in looking at him with slight fear yes, but also willingness to say she faced the devil and lived to tell the tale. Her ears and mind took in the words he spoke, that bettered him slightly in her eyes, but her ears picked up 'was', past tense. Meaning the lady was no more or had left him or in this day, died. Her heart slowed down as it relaxed out to an even steady beat, she spoke softly again,

never really seen a lizard, sugar... snakes lot of them, but lizards.. don’t remember them looking scaly like snakes.. but.. what happen, sugar? She was..?

she was going to leave once her mild wanting to know was cleared, other wise this man had just merely seen her nude. And had been a gentleman about it for the most part. His black eyes were plain scary, she rather see pools of ice blue then black ones. She held a ranking system in her mind, though she hadn't really figured it out, but she rarely called anyone darling but ones she liked, but helpful men were dears, while everyone else was sugar. Though if she did call anyone Precious, then that person was in trouble, as she just marked them for something. her need to wash herself doubled as she spoke to the man though, so she would be leaving soon.

[Takeuchi]

The question asked by this woman brought back more memories, ones far more painful than before. The fate of the woman he loved was far more cruel than simply death, at least cruel for the Uchiha. The woman he had loved, he had devoted himself to for eight years, "While I was training out of the country after the Chuunin exams... She married another man and retired out of the public eye." There was more he had wanted to say, much more to say, but she was an uninvolved party and there was no need for him to bring her in on his troubles.

"You should be more careful, I would advise against swimming in the nude like that again." As he spoke of it, his cheeks reddened once again at the memory, "There are far too many depraved people out there that can and will try to take your body by force, so please be more careful." Simply a bit of friendly advice to her, nothing more.

[Se`faelne`some`]

Mouse took in the man as he spoke to her about his loved one. Her hands rubbed at her arms as the wind blew across the landscape. Her hair moved slightly as he spoke about the other men, her body tensed back up. She spoke softly finally

I am sorry for your loss, sugar.

Her body turned finally, glancing back at him, her fingers tapped together, as she poke with her back turned the man,

thank you.

what she thanked him for, was unknown, but maybe the man would figure it out. With that she fled from him, caring not if she made noise moving away from him as fast her legs could carry her. Her hands drew up the dress as she passed into the house. Into the bathroom, where she spent the night scrubbing on her skin until it was red in a lot of areas, almost bleeding in some places. Her body would fell asleep, dreaming of her eyes shedding her tears as she didn't slept though the night. in the in a few short hours she was heading for the village, she would go in the night.

[exit thread]

[Takeuchi]

[Exit]