Open Barbaque House (Open)

After the equipment shop Kaito decided to lead the girls to an open barbeque place. Kaito wasn’t quite yet hungry but he wanted a good place for every one to sit and enjoy themselves and maybe talk about what they will train for next. Kaito would walk on in walking through the cloth that just hung there to let the heat escape easier. Kaito smiled and sat down at an open grill letting the girls sit where they wanted too. Kaito nice order some waters for everyone and said to the girls, “Go on ahead and pick your seats I went on ahead and ordered us some waters to start. Order what ever you want it is on my tab this time.” Kaito just smiled gesturing to them to take a seat.

Jojo entered in, a smile put onto her face as she looked around. She personally never had barbecue before and this was just too cool of a moment to pass up as she would ease her mind in and look about as she would. Her eyes played around while her green hair sat upon her head in its short fashion. She would ease her mind and make well to the choices at hand as she would sit down in one of the booth seats that Kaito had gestured towards. Jojo would think to herself though on one part, "So he knew about me paying for his meal yesterday... Guess I wasn't as sly as I had hoped." She would giggle as she would make head way over it as her ease of motion had her sit by the window looking out at the air. Before coming by she did stop to the mansion to change and was now wearing a red tunic at the least since her white one got muddy.

Walking in the Barbecue shop after Jojo and Kaito, Katara looks around the eatery. It smelled so good. Sitting at a table, Katara asks what they were going to do after this. Kaito had asked if she wanted to eat, but Katara really wasn't that hungry. She was used to not eating very much, and it had made her appetite smaller. "N-no thank-y-y-you. I'm n-not very h-hungry r-r-right now." Katara was just happy enough to be able to be with such caring people. "So, what all are you two into? I..i..i just w-want to g-g-get to know you g-guys better." Katara was starting to get really cold from her wet clothing. Shivering she sits there, waiting to hear what they would say.

Kaito just smiled as he sat there seeing Jojo sit down in her red tunic and seeing Katara sit, but down next to her sitting across from Kaito. Kaito would notice Katara shivering a bit from being in wet clothes so Kaito would nicely gesture to the waiter to go on ahead and start the grill. As the waiter turned up the heat and poked the coals flames would rise up heating up everything around them. Kaito just smiled as the flames arose looking deep into them as if he had a deep intertwined destiny and as he looked deep into the flames it almost seemed as if the flames began to bend to his will and rose up even higher. Katara would say a few more words and as she did Kaito’s concentration on the flame would break and once it did the flame would drop down. The waiter would say that it was odd for the flames to get so high and that he was sorry. Kaito said to the waiter replying back that it was okay and he was ready to order a couple of things to start. Kaito sighed lightly and began to say, “Well I would like some fresh cut steak and pork strips and some chicken cobs if you have them.” The waiter would just nod and take his order to the chief. Katara would ask what we were into, but Kaito would wait to answer since he was ordering some food for them to eat and maybe try.

Staring at Kaito, she notices that when he looks at the flames in the grill, they go up, and grow larger. "What are you doing?" KAtara asks. She had a feeling that Kaito had something to do with the flames growing larger. Staring at KAito, she realizes that whenever she looked at him, she would feel this tiny lurch in her stomach, and she would always blush when he spoke to her. 'What is going on with me?' Katara wonders. "So, Kaito, what do you like about being a shinobi?" KAtara asks, feeling oddly warm, sitting across from him. She drops her gaze, feeling her cheeks burn ever hotter. 'Oh, no! I think I'm starting to get a crush on him...!' KAtara suddenly thinks to herself. 'I hope he doesn't notice'

Jojo would giggle to herself as she would put herself and not that Katara sat beside her and when she shivered Kaito did the kindness. Jojo would gladly make way though and only giggle as she would take kind thoughts into noting what was going on between them. She would put a hand and whisper to Katara as she would see that dropping gaze and blush as she would whisper to Katara, "You like him don't you?" It was whispered far too low for Kaito to hear but Katara herself could hear her say it as she would merely giggle no matter what reaction would be made. She would smile upon seeing the flame work and it would follow by even noticing the gracious respectability. She watched as the chef would already have the meets prepared while she would ask for shrimp and a bowl with miso soup noodles. She would make sure to allow it all to make graciously into itself while she would kindly smile as she would do well to continue something about it as she would wait and merely stayed to herself as she would pop her neck and focused. "I'm into gardening and caving by the way."

As Kaito watched the flame intensely Katara would ask what he was doing. Kaito didn’t realize what he was doing because he was just in some kind of a trance. Kaito would not answer seeing Jojo lean in saying something secretively to Katara. Kaito just smiled wandering what they might have said, but Kaito was more concentrating on the freshly placed food in front of him. While Kaito watched his food begin to cook Jojo would ask the cook for some shrimp and some kind of soup. Jojo would then turn her focus back to Katara saying that she liked gardening and something else Kaito would not quite hear her for the fact he was paying attention to his food making sure he didn’t burn any of it. While he watched his food intently Katara would nicely ask him what he liked about being a Shinobi. Kaito knew exactly what he liked about being a Shinobi besides the fact he knew he would be at least placed with one girl on his team. Kaito would smile look up taking his eyes off his food for a moment saying to Katara, “Well what I like the most is helping my fellow villagers and Shinobi alike.” Kaito then looked back down to his food not paying attention once again ready to flip his meats to make sure they cook evenly.

Blushing hard, Katara looks on at Kaito. When Jojo asks her if she liked Kaito, she gasps loudly, wondering how she knew. Muttering to Jojo, she whispers back, "Is it that obvious?" She wondered what Kaito would think. "The things I like about being a Shinobi is being able to help those less fortunate and being able to get stronger," and in a lower voice, so only Kaito and Jojo could hear, "and get revenge on my parents killers" She looks at her hands, which are clenched in her lap. A lone tear trickles down her face, as the scenes flash in front of her minds' eye. Her parents bodies, lying on the floor, blood everywhere. Her sister screaming, crying. Running down the street, screaming for help. When Kaito says that his favorite thing about being a Shinobi was helping villagers and other Shinobi, she snaps back to the present. 'What happened? Am I going...mad?'

Okay guys lets try to keep too this posting order. After we get this done right i will delete this post.

[current posting order: Kaito - Katara - Jojo]

Revenge, it fueled more shinobi than Jojo original wished for but she would shake her head in disappointment as her food came. She truthfully didn't know why she became a shinobi, whether it was because her family always gave children for it or otherwise. Jojo would look at them both, accepting their answers as she would find that her shrimp and noodles came . She'd begin cooking the noodles while also laying the shish-cabob style shrimp so they may cook. Her head would shake with a sad disappointment as she would look at these two. "So, revenge is all you can feel for when it comes to your parents killers? Revenge is the clouded walkway into the hell that you can never come back out of. If you find yourself trapped inside that hell too long you will find yourself eventually starving yourself and willing your own death to come about.

"I recommend you give up on the act of vengeance for your parents because once you kill the ones who you hate for so long, there will be nothing but an unavailable void inside your soul." She spoke heavily, almost cryptically as if she were one who lived far past the age she had within her as she looked at these two. They could find themselves a pleasant life in the future so long as selfish ambition doesn't take control. She would note that her noodles were done as she would split three bowls and dish out the noodles as she would say, "Miso soaked noodles are good for the bones and are filled with calcium, please enjoy." She would say while taking some shrimp and throwing them in with her own as she would eat in a peace of her own.

Kaito focused on his food being completely oblivious to what Katara or Jojo were saying. Kaito was just paying attention to his food and not to the world around him; as his food would finally become ready Kaito would catch the last words Jojo saying something about please take the noodles it was good for them. Kaito just smiled with his charming grin he has going for him and took the noodles with a kind nod of thanks. Kaito would take off his steak and pork and place it into his bowl adding the available sauces he wanted too.

Kaito’s food was cooked exactly to how he liked it and with the available sauces he added just increased the flavor so much. Kaito would smile at both Jojo and Katara saying to them, “Here you have to try this.” Kaito would reach his arm over the flames as if it didn’t bother him at all and as he did it appeared that the flames just wrapped around his arm not even touching him. It was a site to see, but Kaito not paying attention just would offer some of his food to them to try.

As he did Kaito would look at Katara with a big grin as charming as can be as if all he was paying attention to for that split moment was her as though nothing else mattered, but her. Kaito did not see it that way for the fact, that was his charm, but to others it might seem different. As Kaito did he would hold out the bowl to Jojo and Katara to try his little special concoction.

Listening to Jojo, Katara disagrees with the words she says. "It's not just for revenge, its for the safety of others as well." She looks at Jojo furiously, thinking 'How dare she talk to me like that? She just doesn't understand.' Looking over at Kaito, she stares at the food he is cooking intensly. She looks up, seeing him stare at her. Blushing furiously, she forgets what she is going to say.

Why could she not understand that even if it is not all about revenge, this Katara that jojo considered a friend, could very well lead down a path of torment and destruction. All that would be left in its path is the veil of deception left behind while along is blood and tears. A trail to follow and one to never be heard from upon those who enter foolishly within. Such a torment was not, could not be, a life that one can hope to attain and wish for. So much death floods this path in the eyes of Jojo yet at the same time she knew these feelings, she understood the heart ache of losing a family member and at the same time she would not raise her concerns or voice to rebuke the said rebuttal made by the poor girl named Katara. Such a life could not be helped it would seem.

Jojo would go though, to bring her mind back into reality when she saw a bowl, a mixture of things from Kaito’s outstretched hand. She noticed though through all this the look between Kaito and Katara. It was a hilarious one to her for she knew what it could very well be and in that essence she would merely giggle, bringing her care free self-back into reality as she would look at these two who were so care free that her own thoughts seemed morbid around them. She would merely shake her head with a small smile about her own as she giggled once more. The two of them would make a good pair to most eyes and in the future, they could probably be even more while she would merely stifle her giggling, as she would put food into her mouth from her own bowl.

After eating down some of her grilled shrimp, she would try this concoction of Kaito’s, as she noticed the flavors of steak and spice. This was ideally an exceptionally rare mixture, as she would eat it with care. It was worth savoring as she tasted it, mulled it over in her mouth as she did. She enjoyed it as very much as she twirled it around the inside of her mouth. “Very good, a tad tangy and the spices do bring out a lovely after taste. Hum, I get the feeling you are one of those on field cooks in the making,” she would say while analyzing the flavor of the concoction before going back to her own meal and delving into its enjoyable tastes. She very much enjoyed the lovely mixture of the shrimp and noodles that she had mixed with the soupy sauce she wanted the noodles soaked in.

Kaito waited politely listening to Katara saying something about revenge, but he was not fully paying attention for the fact his main focus was on trying to get Jojo and her to taste his food. Kaito watched Jojo take a bite of his food really tasting the flavors in it and savoring every bite. Kaito could see that she was really liking the flavors he had mixed together. He was very happy to see this and listened to Jojo, as she would mention that it was very good and had good flavors to it. It pleased Kaito to hear such things said about the food he made, but trying food wasn’t the main reason Kaito brought them here. Kaito wanted to get to know them better and talk about their next training session.

Kaito would then look at Katara once again noticing that she was blushing again not saying anything. Kaito just smiled at her as he took his food back figuring she was still not hungry and would eat some more himself. As Kaito took his own bite and finished it he would look at Jojo with his award winning charm and smile saying to her, “Thank you; I appreciate that. Now to what we came here about, when would y’all like to start up some more training again? This would be our first training together as if we were a team. I think it could be fun." Waiting there looking at both of them Kaito would just smile waiting for their reply.

Smiling back at Kaito, Katara answers "Whenever is good with me. I really haven't trained in awhile." She hoped it was soon, she really needed to get stronger. "So, Jojo, what all jutsus do you know? I really haven't mastered many, but I can use Ice release! It's cool." 'I just hope I can match up to their strengths' Katara hopes miserably. She had been following the two around for a while, and could see they were both quite strong. "But yeah, it would be pretty fun..........." 'Did I just say....fun? Wow, that felt really wierd' Katara thought, blushing a deep red as she gazes at Kaito, hoping they would start training soon.

A soft look around told her that the meal was finishing up nicely and as it were she was finding herself with quite the gracious styled momentum. She would be certain to keep the full effect of such a generic styled material to her own mind while finishing her shrimp and noodles. She would look over at Katara who had asked her what jutsu she might know. Jojo didn’t have to think too hard, she knew what she had and that wasn’t much in accordance to the actual effect of the knowledge she had. Jojo would merely shrug slightly and say with a calm smile, “I don’t know any jutsu actually, I still have yet to train the flower release but once I train that I can start with all my clan jutsu. I think there are fifty-five of them maybe. Who knows but I do have a lot I can train, just haven’t had any time to learn them yet.” She would smile lightly upon saying this as she would shrug lightly in full effect.

Kaito nodded in understanding that it would be best to go and start some more training after dinner. Kaito then quickly ate what he had in his bowl putting the last of the meat on to the grill ready to get started with training. Kaito smiled as he always did ready to get things done with and go train once more. Kaito was always itching to train and do something being a bit hyper active at times. Either way Kaito would begin to watch his food cook ready to finish it up and as he would Kaito signaled the cook to sender over some more noodles since they were starting up they’re last batch of food. Kaito then would wait not paying any attention once again focusing on his food.

"Well, I can't wait." Katara replies, a huge smile on her face. For some reason, she felt so, at ease around these two Konoha shinobi. Sitting still was starting to get impossible. So, Katara stands up and starts to pace around the small restaurant. 'Geez, I'm starting to get really worked up!' /Katara thinks to herself. She can't help smiling, so she does. Walking back and forth, Katara takes deep breaths, trying to calm her nerves. Every now and then, she takes fleeting glances at Kaito and Jojo, smiling to herself. "I've got friends!" Katara suddenly says out loud. Stopping in her tracks, she is shocked with herself. Did she really say that....out loud? Glancing at the others, she hopes they didn't hear the words she just said.

Jojo could not help but giggle. She had eased herself into her seat having easily found herself looking at Katara with a smile. Friends indeed it would seem while she found herself looking at this person with a calm expression. It only grew her smile more as she had heard that echo of the voice. Katara must be feeling a tad embarrassed while at that moment Jojo would merely stand, having had her fill of food, as she would travel over to Katara and with a soft hand to her shoulder, “It’s alright. You are among friends; there is no need to be embarrassed at all.” She had said with a calm and fluid smile as she did so with ease to the natural order of her own mentality as it were. She found it as such a good and almighty twirls of spins on the mental strain of things. She merely found that her mind kept the ready and a smile stayed to her face.

Kaito couldn't help put see and hear Katara and on that note Kaito knew that it might be best to just take the left over food with him. It would be best to go on ahead and start training since it seemed Katara was just so ready to go and do so Kaito got up as well going over to the cooking asking him to put the left overs in a doggy bag with something he could tie it to on his belt. The owner quickly wrapped up his noodles and took the left overs he had on the grill and placed them all in the back tieing it with a knot. It almost looked like a satchel, but kind of disposable so that it could easily gotten rid of later on. Kaito just took the bag paying the owner what was owed and then some for the great service they received.

Kaito walked over to the girls firmly tieing the bag to his belt on his hip on the opposite side of his sword. Kaito then looked at the girls saying to them, "Okay it looks like y'all are ready to get going and I paid for the food so if y'all are ready lets head on out." Kaito would wait for their reply ready to get going.

Bouncing on the balls of her feet, Katara watches as Kaito pays for his food, and getting a baggy for his leftovers. As he walks towards Jojo and herself, Katara can't help but grin. "So, Kaito, you finally done stuffing your face?" Katara asks, jokingly. Smiling at both Jojo and Kaito, she asks, "So, are we headed out for some training? I hope so, I am totally psyched!" She couldn't wait, and so she heads out of the shop, ahead of the other two, impatient to get started, all the while smiling at humming to herself. Looking back, she makes sure they are both following her. "Come on, come on!" She says happily, turning and grabbing for Kaito and Jojo's hands. After doing this, she begins to move forward, pulling them along.

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Soft with ease, she understood that energetic side to this girl and as such she found such a cool and elegant enjoyment to it even. She found her eyes to it as if she were in a manner to which she had no avail to control as they scaled to watch that bubbly persona just bounce around. Jojo would go over and sigh, "Aren't you the energetic one Katara," And it was when her hand was grabbed that she would start to feel herself being pulled, it was very humorous to be in this situation. It was always a joy to see people this happy for it in itself made Jojo happy.

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Kaito would be grabbed all the sudden by Katara ready and rearing to go and start their training together. Kaito would just smile at Katara's excitement knowing that it was a good thing to be so energetic about training. Kaito would move along following Katara to their new place of training ready to go on out himself to begin another thing of training. With that Kaito would try to keep up with Katara dragging him from behind along with Jojo at his side. Jaden would just think to himself, ‘Wow this girl has got some power that she does not seem to show. Hope this training won’t get out of hand to much.’ Once he finished his thoughts he was out the door on their way for the training.

[Exit] (Going to the old training area me and Jojo trained at.)