Two Hours Prior

Aimi used the key card to enter the hotel. The view was amazing; so pristine and vibrant. Truly this view could take any person’s breath away as it did hers. She smiled tiredly as she looked out the large glass windows of the two bedroom suite’s living room. The room she rented out was definitely nice and well worth the amount of money she paid for. It was very spacious and had a very artistic feel to it though with the rich colors and dark tones certainly did not make it seem so cold but rather quite warm and welcoming. Not exactly the type of warmth for family but also not the kind for couples. Rather it suited two teenagers, two friends, perfectly. Heck it seemed so nice one would just buy the damn thing and live here. There was no doubt that Aimi was going to rent out a suite at this hotel again. Heck if she ever decides to travel anywhere other than Takigakure she may very well stick with the company should they have branches farther out in the elemental shinobi nations. It was then she remembered the about the whole ordeal that this trip was or at least started out as. Damn she murmured under her breath.

With a sigh she flopped on the bed as the bellhop finished setting the few but heavy suitcases down. She was exhausted by the trip to Takigakure. When the location of where the chuunin exams were to be held was announced, she took this as an opportunity to finally get out of Konoha and take some down time. Heck she even dragged Mure along. How could she not? She saw him as one of the few people who she did not hate and she hated a lot of things; her father being one of them. Plus it would be nice to have him around and not stuck in the room all alone. Speaking of her father, he made this so much more complicated than it needed to be. She had already booked a hotel, packed her suitcases and grabbed Mure from the suite at the inn. Aimi was all prepped and ready to go. All she needed to do was to get a ride. She would've just ran the whole way but she wasn't used to travel....or maps....we can all see how that would end up. Luckily there was a stable at her clan's compound along with some carriages. However she didn't like the prissy feel of carriages so she figured the horses themselves and a merchant's wagon were going to be enough, but of course nothing was ever going to go so smoothly.

A few days ago during the night, her father caught her setting up her luggage on the wagon along with anything that didn't fit into the actual suitcases. Flabbergasted, he didn't understand why she was leaving. It wasn't time for her pilgrimage just yet. And the family didn't plan a vacation or anything since the disaster in Suna many years ago. He harshly grabbed onto her shoulders, interrogating her on where she was going. Actually he stopped himself mid-sentence that she wasn't going anywhere. Instead she was grounded for trying to run off. Aimi tried to defend herself but was too angry. She was furious. Who was he to yell at her like she was some goddamn ignorant child? She was her own person and a ninja. The moment she became an official leaf nin, she was no longer a child. No she was an adult and thus not to be babied. Something her parents never supported. Her family was very traditional and old fashioned. The men become politicians or businessmen. Few became shinobi, joining Konoha's military ranks, especially since not everyone was totally trusting of Konoha due to its history.

Aimi was actually the first female Kumori to become a shinobi or anything outside the clothing or art business they had. Soon enough the two Kumori's began a heated argument, one that awoken Mure who had been sleeping in a bundle of blankets and pillows in the back of the wagon. Her father recognized the Cursed Aburame and ordered the guards to kick him out of the grounds, blaming him for Aimi's actions. This pushed her over the edge but before she could retort a smoke bomb exploded. Aimi took this an opportunity to get going, hopping onto the wagon and getting the horses moving out of the compound, calling behind her that she would be back and to not worry. However as she did not she saw what appeared to be her little sisters grinning like a pair of foxes waving goodbye. It then she was proud to have them as her sisters.

Rubbing her eyes, she took off her contacts along with her sweater, replacing it with red sleeveless hoodie.  She walked out downstairs pulling her hair tie off with her bandana, ruffling it so her loose pink hair was a bit messy. Mure was still down in the lobby waiting for her and she wanted to get a move on things.

Present Time

"Here is your receipt and thank you for shopping here today. Please come again"

"Yea yea whatever" Aimi shrugged the cashier off and walked out of the store with Mure who was carrying several shopping bags where she carried a couple of her own. She had realized some time ago that Mure didn't have many clothes or accessories which were not surprising. He was homeless till she gave him her room for free use; the lack of any money of also evident. In the past two hours they visited as many stores they could. She bought him roughly: 30 shirts consisting of long sleeves and t-shirt, 20 pants including swim wear, 4 different gas masks since he seemed to like them, 5 sweaters, 6 jackets, 3 coats, some undergarments, and 8 pairs of shoes of various styles. For herself a couple of plushees from the festival shop which in her opinion was totally worth it. They were freaking adorable “Hey what else should we go and get? Or do you want to grab a bite to eat? Honestly I don’t care so pick away bro”

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Mure had stirred during the time they were getting ready. He had never been in a wagon before or traveled really. Truth be told it was some what exciting for him but that had been his downfall in the end. He had stayed up the entire night before watching tv because he couldn't sleep and eating sweets while drinking soda. He loved junk food. And he loved watching Martial arts movies on the tv. It was so much more exciting then real fighting. He had stared at wide eyed wonder for hours at it all and even watched some cartoons. By the time they were ready to go Mure had simply brought what few things he had tied in a bundle and quickly fallen asleep in the wagon. He stirred at the sound of yelling though and sat up. His shirt halfway off his shoulder and with some serious pillow head and half closed eyes. He lifted his arms above his head to groggy and sleepy to really tell what was going on before he saw everything was grey anyways. They were moving but still someone was shouting and keeping him awake. He blindly chucked a water flask in the direction of the voice having no idea he pegged Aimi's dad in the face before he fell back and snored for the entire trip there.

However once they had arrived within the town he was quick to get excited again. He kept wanting to play the games and surprisingly he was good at them. He appeared to be some little kid wearing a gas mask for some reason and no head band so people just assumed he wasn't a shinobi. They regretted that though time and time again. First with the pop the balloons with darts contest. He buried the darts in the wall so deep the guy running the show had a hard time yanking them out. Then the strength contest with the hammer and the bell. He accidentally cracked the bell at the top and lodged the weight into it. Shutting down that game. Then there was the place the ball in the cups. He didn't win that one but several cups did get shattered. Even though he only threw one ball. But now he was banned from the games area as he was causing too much damage. He had been sad but big sis had wanted to go shopping. So he let that feeling go.

Now they were walking along the shopping area. And Mure was oblivious to how he looked. He was wearing dark blue jeans and sandals with a long white sleeved shirt and a gas mask. His weapons and dirty headband tucked into his pockets. But what looked odd was the backpack strapped to his shoulders which was three times his size from all the shopping with shoes tied to the sides and clothes bulging out the top. And Yet Mure was just looking around with a curious gaze as if the back pack didn't weigh a thing. Keeping up with Aimi easily enough. He was utterly oblivious to his own strength. Still when she did ask him what he wanted to do he hopped up and down with the massive bag swaying back and forth. Pointing at something down the street. His eyes shining with excitement. After all no one was afraid of him here. At least not for his curse anyways. Or the bugs which he kept hidden.

"Ice cream please! I wanna try some strawberry ice cream! Please please please please?!" he said quickly as he was clearly excited about ice cream.

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Ryuujin wandered about Takigakure's market place, oohing and awing at the various wares. Once again he was so excited-excited to the point that he was tired of feeling the emotion. He had already visited two other places in Taki with this being his third place. However, unlike the other two places he had visited in which he had traveled with only Mr. Whiskers or Kai he had other companions with him-his uncle Rai and aunt Kai, siblings on his father's side. Technically all of his family was supposed to be here but they were either on missions or treasure hunting and wouldn't be able to make it until later. They had let him stay at a hotel in Taki with the understanding that they would come eventually. It was just last night when Uncle Rai and Aunt Mai had come to the hotel he was at. They were planning to stay until the Chunin exams were up. From the get go all they could talk about was their plans such as what they were going to buy, what they were going to sell and all that. As much as Ryuujin was happy to see them again, for he hadn't seen them in over a month because they were treasure hunting, he was kind of dreading exploring the market with them, especially with Uncle Rai.

So here they were traversing the streets of Takigakure. He knew he had a good reason for the dread he had been experiencing earlier. Every now and again he was pulled from stall to stall by his aunt and uncle. His aunt wanted to check out every stall that sold weapons and his uncle wanted to check out every stall that sold jewelry. He wasn't even interested in that stuff for crying out loud. Every time he saw a stall with candy and with shiny items he was pulled away to see something else. But the worst thing was was that Kai could get what she wanted. If she wanted tuna she got it. If she wanted milk she got it. She even got a collar with a gold pendant on it. Even Mr. Whiskers could get what he wanted which was a red cape. Ryuu supposed that he should be glad that he had even gotten the plushies of the contestants. Now that he thought about it, the worst thing wasn't that Kai and Mr. Whiskers could get what they wanted but that Uncle Rai had decided that he was a doll. The thing with Uncle Rai was that he loved shopping. No, that was an understatement. Uncle Rai breathed to shop and lived to shop. And apparently Ryuu was to be his doll for him to dress up. So after an awful shopping experience Ryuu put his foot down.

"No! No, no, no, no. No more." Ryuu stomped his feet to get the point across.
"No more shopping. I am so sick and tired of it. I came to eat and buy candy and shinies not shop for clothing and jewelry. I refuse to continue being your doll, Uncle Rai and no Aunt Mai I'm not going to go with you to buy weapons. I refuse to reconsider on this matter." Ryuu shot the last part at his Aunt when she opened her mouth. Then he stomped his feet a couple more times to reinforce the point. Usually he would be a bit more rude to any one else but it was his aunt and uncle and they could kick his ass to Iwa and back.
Ryuu looked around frantically for a stall that would interest him and spotted one.
"You see that stall over there.Yeah the ice-cream stall. I'm gonna go over there. I'm gonna buy lots of ice-cream. I'm gonna eat all that ice-cream and I don't want to hear you. I don't want to see you. I don't want to smell you. I don't want to touch you. I don't want to taste you. I want to nothing you. Yeah that's right. I said it. Nothing you. NOTHING YOU!!"
At the end of his speech Ryuu was panting and his aunt and uncle stared at him wide-eyed eyed...and promptly burst out laughing. At their laughter Ryuu was about to throw the biggest temper tantrum ever, which certainly would look bad as not only was he a ninja but he was fifteen years old, until his aunt raised her hands as if to surrender.
"Alright, alright. Don't go getting ya frilly pink panties in a twist, we hear ya. We'll ditch ya for now and we'll meet ya back at the hotel." With that, they left.
Ryuu watched as they walked away before breathing a sigh of relief and feeling oddly disappointed. That had been surprisingly easy and he had been so prepared to throw a beautiful tantrum too. He then turned to Kai, who had watched the proceedings with a look of boredom. She stared back at him then she looked at the ice-cream stand then looked back at him. Getting the message Ryuu made his way to the ice-cream stand with Mr. Whiskers in his hand and Kai at his side.

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Up until now, Aimi hadn't noticed just how much stuff they had bought till she watched her little brother Mure hop up and down from excitement, the incredibly overstuffed book bag filled with clothing swayed like a wrecking ball. She would've been surprised but then she remembered that Mure was a chuunin, definitely stronger than her in terms of physical strength at least. It was a bit strange, at least in common sense, that she was the older sister. Even though he was shorter and younger, he has more experience than she has ever has regarding the shinobi arts and the world in which they live both the night as well as the day. Although she would normally never respect or give a rat's ass to someone in a higher rank, for some reason she was okay with how they were positioned. He had his strengths and so did she. Ranks don't matter really. Just your skill in improving your strengths and balancing your weakness which they both could. Not to mention she just felt an unnatural maternal instinct to him as she did to only her sisters and no one else but she'd wouldn't tell him that because to her at least, it didn't seem necessary to divulge into the matter.

Aimi smiled gently at the ever so eager Mure's enthusiasm for it was something to be cherished. Heck she wanted to just drop what she was doing and take a picture of him as a memory of this day Over the time they've known each other, she learned just how harsh his life had been and how it affected him so. She sadly remembered the day they met. The day itself wasn't bad per say. Actually it was quite the opposite. He stole food so he wouldn't starve, she followed. They had a short wild goose chase through a ramen shop whose broken window she ended up paying for (not that she minded) and into some alley. It was a thrill, a joy even until she had returned from Marcus' bedroom with clothes for him only to find him beating some waiter to a pulp, but that wasn't the important part. It were the bruises and scars that littered his body. So she wanted to do whatever she could to make him smile, both out of selfishness for loving his smile and out of general care for his well being. "Yea I could go for some ice cream right about now" she chuckled and walked over to an ice cream stand which had quite an expansive and plentiful spread that had a short line. When it was their time to order she glanced at Mure then back to the employee "One strawberry ice cream and a caramel twist sundae"

The employee was emotionless yet depressing as hell "What toppings and do you want them in a cup or cone or cup made of waffle cone?"

Aimi wasn't sure if Mure liked toppings so instead she did as follows "The strawberry ice cream in a cone and the caramel twist sundae in the waffle cone cup thing. Oh and can you give us one of those big cups and give us all the non liquid toppings in there along with some spoons"

The so called robot employee finally showed some emotion as he gave Aimi a what-the-fuck look as he processed her words and pressed the keys but kept quiet as he gave her the cost. Aimi handed him the proper amount of money as he gave them the ice cream along with the topping filled cup side. Aimi handed Mure his ice cream as she held the toppings and her sundae in both hands "Alright let's see wha-" she turned away from the line but bumped into someone.

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Mure was super happy that they would actually be getting ice cream. Ice cream was hard to steal because it was messy and melted too fast. It also seemed to absorb anything dirty and made your hands slippery so he could never actually manage to steal ice cream. Although he had tried once or twice. Only to end up smothered in the evidence with little to none of it in his mouth. Still his crimes had always been petty theft so people didn't bother tangling with him over it too often. Still he was glad to be out of Konoha. He hadn't mentioned it to big sister yet but he may or may not of been involved in the burning down of a bath house in konoha a couple of weeks ago and he may or may not be slightly wanted to give his statement on it. Just like how he may or may not of been there to steal food instead of sponging off of the bar and her. Still he smiled as they came up in line. He didn't really care what kind of ice cream he got so long as he got something. And the huge cup of toppings looked like heaven.

Still even as she handed him the ice cream Mure wasn't patient enough to wait and take small licks, Instead he pulled down his gas mask before his little mouth enveloped half the ice cream in one go and then swallowed it. He looked so happy for a moment until suddenly his face and throat felt numb. His head seemed to suddenly be in a world of numbed pain like ice cubes were pressing against his temples. It felt so cold that his eyes watered up and he whimpered as the ice cream gave him a brain freeze. The pain was unreal. He held out his ice cream out at arms length as if holding it away from himself might save him the pain but not willing to give it up so he held it upright and was careful not to drop it. But his teeth! Oh his teeth felt cold! It felt like they were going to shatter from the cold. Man it hurt it hurt it hurt! With his free hand he quickly shoved his fingers in his mouth. Suckling on the warm fingers to warm up his teeth and letting them soothe the feeling he had cause on himself of his head freezing.

Still with his hand in his mouth and an eyes rolling back elated feeling of relief as the pain faded. He let his yellow eyes look around for sister. Noticing someone had bumped into her he let out a little growl around his hand. Which in turn cause a little bit of drool to soak his sleeve. He really didn't look too threatening with his fingers shoved into his mouth but the back pack on his back swayed back and forth almost knocking over the next people in line as he looked around trying to see who bumped her before taking his fingers out of his mouth. He used what was left of his sleeve to wipe his drool off his chin before looking around a little more patiently. Who had dared to bump into big sis? Man if they did it on purpose he was gonna open a can of whoop butt on those dinosaur heads. Still he was trying not to let himself be distracted as every couple of seconds his yellow gaze returned to his ice cream. As if making sure it was still safe too. The precious Ice cream needed to remain safe, it had hurt him but he forgave it.

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"Hmm..what am I gonna choose? Vanilla, strawberry, cherry. That's pretty much all I eat. Not a lot of choices. Maybe I should get all the three."
Ryuu said to Kai and Mr. Whiskers before he was lost in thought. He had a mini fantasy where he was in an ice cream land being served by ice cream people. There were ice cream trees and ice cream animals and an ice cream sun. It was wonderful and Ryuu giggled and drooled a bit. At his side, Kai glanced at him before rolling her eyes. Mr. Whiskers just stared. Ryuujin ignored their reactions and he was so lost in thought that he bumped into something or someone and he fell to the ground.

"Argh! Oww oww ow! Man this ground is tough."
Ryuu slowly stood up, rubbing his back side and groaning. He pouted a bit and kicked at the stupid ground, because clearly it had tripped him up, before he looked for who or what he had bumped into. He spotted a girl that was about his height with pink hair and stared. And he stared. And then he stared some more. Finally he beamed at her.

"Awesome! Your pink hair is pink and so so pretty. Can I touch it? Wait..I'm so so so sorry for bumping into you. Please forgive me. Can I still touch your hair?"

Once again, he had met another person whose hair was an awesome colour. He gave a little happy dance, thinking he was only doing it in his mind, not realizing he had done so where people could see. Some shot him amused looks but most had a 'what the flippers' reaction. Ryuu, however, ignored the reactions. He was used to it because of his ears.
So far he had met people with blue hair and now pink. Now he couldn't wait to meet someone with red hair or orange or green. Oh goodness he would love to meet somebody with purple hair just like him. He also hoped that the pink haired girl would let him have a strand of her hair because it was really so pretty. But he still needed to apologize properly. He opened up Mr. Whiskers taking out a pink shiny before handing it to the pink haired girl (who he shall now refer to as Pinkie for lack of a better name).

"Here you go. This is a Rhodochrosite. I tried to give you one that was as close to your hair colour as possible. Did I hurt you though? Here! This is Mr. Whiskers and he will make you feel better."
He cuddled the teddy bear to himself before handing Mr. Whiskers to Pinkie so she could feel better and maybe want to give him a strand of hair.
Then he beamed at her and stared at her hair. He absent mindedly dug out a candy from his pocket and he put the lollipop into his mouth. Ironically it was also a pink lollipop in the shape of a heart. He was so caught up in her pink hair that he failed to notice the boy in the gas mask who was trying to intimidate him.

Kai, however, did notice. She made her way over to the boy.
"Don't bother trying to intimidate him or trying to beat him up. First of all it was an accident. Secondly, Ryuujin is too clueless to notice you were trying to scare him off."
Just when she turned to leave an image popped into her mind and she chuckled. She turned back to the boy with the gas mask and spoke to him.
"On second thought do please try to intimidate him. It is bound to be amusing."
Then she left him to go back to Ryuu chuckling, her chuckles growing into laughter.

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When she had bumped into the mystery person she felt a moment of anger and panic. Dammnit! However the collision only caused her to be a little bit off balance. So when she looked at her hands she let out a mental sigh of relief. One of the few things Aimi doesn't mess with is food. For food is love. For food is life. She may be rash sometimes and she may bust a few heads, but she tries to never do so in a restaurant or any place that sold food. Course she didn't respect many people and those in the food industry were no exception, but she will give them an easier time. By easier time I mean, she would smash your face into a table inside but will drag you by the scruff of your hair so that she may proceed to beat you senseless. How kind of her right?

A fuse as short as ever...

Aimi felt her blood pressure rise as she glared in the direction of whoever had the balls to bump into her but she honestly was taken off guard. Okay so she expected either one of three things. One, a family member who followed her here into Takigakure and planned to drag her sorry ass back to Konoha to face her punishment, at which she will hightail it out of there. Two, it was a jerk who was going to pick a fight with her. Frankly if they did she would give them whats for. She didn't give a damn who they are. If they want a damn fight, she will give them a fight and send them back home to drink their mother's milk. Subconsciously her grip on the toppings and her waffle bowl of ice cream tightly so ever slight. However if this person turned out to be the third and did this by total naive accident, she would just glare daggers at them and nothing more. During the trip to Takigakure, when Mure was asleep and they were far far from the village, she had taken it upon herself to get an anger management book, though it wasn't her idea. Actually it was her sisters, Cho and Eiko who brought it up and sadly, despite how she may act sometimes, she loved her sisters dearly, thus making it almost impossible for her to say no to them.

And it turned out this person was the third type. But before she can really give them an earful, all her anger disappeared as this boy started at her then suddenly bursted in energy. Heck now she can't even be mad. All she felt was confusion. Is there something wrong with him?....Probably. Aimi sighed and rolled her eyes and she handed Mure the cup full of toppings. "You what, I'm not even mad anymore. Be glad I'm not." Aimi took a bite of her ice cream, savoring its delectable sweetness "You can touch it sure but yank or any of that shit babies pulls and I'll whack ya"

Our young Kumori assumed that was going to be the end of his antics but suddenly he broke out into a small jig. Aimi continued to enjoy her ice cream as she watching, taking note of the cat he was with. She assumed it was his partner or something. The cat itself was a beautiful creature, or well to her at least. Aimi kind of has a thing for felines, feeling they are far more superior to dogs or other creatures. Heck she even used to have a pet cat named Yami back when she was very little, though he died shortly after her graduation from the academy due to his poor heart. When he was done with his little jig, he gave her a pink/red stone which she stuffed in her pocket then his stuffed animal. She looked at him questioningly "Um thanks man" This jewel would prove useful for her experiments since she has been planning to experiment with seals and jewels foe awhile now. And with the stuffed animal in her free hand, she glanced at Mure for a moment then turned back to the purple hair child. "Name's Kumori, Aimi. Who the hell are you too?" After a moment of silence, she questioned him once more "Are you a girl or a boy by the way?" Aimi wasn't sure, his voice suggested male but its pitched and how he acts....she honestly couldn't tell.

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Training Stats:
Strength: D-2 to D-3 
Speed: D-2 to D-3 
Perception: D-1 to D-2 
Reaction Time: D-1 to D-3 

Mure wasn't growling to be entirely hostile or threatening really. It was simply a reaction to some one bumping into sis. He was a bit too territorial and protective over her. After all she was what he considered his only living family. And considering his bad history with losing others it made some sense how he might of developed a possessive nature over someone close to him. Still he was a child and children typically develop attachments easily. And considering it was Aimi that pulled him off the streets and gave him a home and food and clothes and even forgave him when he went overboard on someone he was possibly willing to maim anyone for her. But still he had a very distracted nature to him. Curios and fascinated by the smallest of things. Not the least of which happened to be a cat that approached him from the newcomers side. But...it was talking to him!? A talking kitty! Oh my gods it must be petted. Can it communicate with other animals? He simply must ask it to be a translating kitty between him and the local animals.

Still as it walked away laughing he cared very little for what it actually said. A glance towards Aimi showed she had it all under control. Absent minded as always Mure shoved the rest of the ice cream into his pocket and ignored the cold wet feeling it instantly made. After all Ice cream was not meant to be transported in one's pocket. Still the bugs within him crawled out in a small mass from his waist to his pocket and began to consume his left overs. Sort of like how ants do at a picnic only these bugs worked differently. They brought the food into Mures system and broke it down to provide calories which then provided energy which in turn provided a constant stream of chakra. Which is what the bugs fed off of, The Aburame bugs being unique in the way that they live within a host and feed off of its chakra, The host then gaining some control over them so long as he lets them continue to breed and feed within him. Mure had been taught this unison as a child but he rarely ever put any thought into it. For now he was too busy dropping to all fours his yellow eyes shining in amusement as he shed the back pack. The weight of it crashing to the ground but Mure was oblivious. Instead he was slowly crawling after the cat on all fours as if mimicking it. His voice calling out softly and with a pleading tone.

"Come back Mr. Fluffy! I wanna pet you!"

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When Pinkie said that he could touch her hair Ryuu's smile became wider, something he noted should be impossible considering that his smile was wide enough already.
"Thank you! Thank you so much. You know, this is the first time that I've met someone with pink hair. I'm so happy." He beamed and reached to pet her hair carefully and gently, heeding her warning.
Pinkie had a very brash attitude but Ryuu thought that it gave her character, especially since she let him touch her hair. She was also clearly of the good sort considering the fact that not only did she let him pet her but she thanked him for the gem without protestation and best of all she accepted Mr. Whiskers. Pinkie was a very, very, very nice person Ryuu decided. Pinkie introduced herself as Aimi and he couldn't help but think that the name suited her.
"Ooo your name totally suits you Pinkie..I mean Aimi. I'm Ninneko Ryuujin but just Ryuu is fine."
Smiling up at her there was a short period of silence were Ryuu stared at Aimi while he continued to suck on his lollipop until Aimi asked another question that caused him to choke on his lollipop. Ryuu stared at her with narrowed eyes quickly demoting her from very, very, very nice person to very nice. And here he had thought that she was the sensible sort. Ryuu couldn't help but feel hurt that Pinkie (she totally didn't deserve to be called by her real name) asked such a ridiculous question.
Tears springing to his eyes Ryuu said to her,"I'm a boy", before taking back his Mr. Whiskers from her so that he could cuddle him. He stared at her with sad eyes and sniffled a bit. What a meanie! He opened his mouth to tell her exactly that when Kai came and leapt into his arms. He opened his mouth to tell Kai all about the mean pink haired girl when he noticed the boy with the gas mask and yellow eyes crawling after her.  Ryuu stared at the weird boy confused. And why did he feel as if he had seen him somewhere before. Then he heard the boy call out to her as 'Mr. Fluffy'. Ryuu broke out into giggles and looked at Kai mouthing the name at her. Oh he would never let her live this down. She was always so proud of the fact that she was a pretty female cat and now someone confused her for a male one. Now that he thought about it it was kind of weird how two different people completely confused they're genders. Next thing you know Mr. Whiskers will be called Mrs. Whiskers. Now finding the humour in the situation, especially when he saw the offended look on Kai's face, Ryuu regained his smile. Turning to the boy with the intention of correcting him about Kai's name and gender his eyes widened as he finally recognized him.
"Hey! I know you! You're the bug boy."
He turned to Kai to see if she remembered him also but then he remembered that she hadn't been with him the day only Mr. Whiskers.
"You remember him Mr. Whiskers? The buy who could control bugs and stuff? Very cool and very creepy but still very cool."
Ryuu nodded his head emphatically and he opened his mouth to continue spewing some nonsense about bug powers but he was stopped by Kai who slapped her paw across his face. He turned to her confused as she glared at him. Staring at her for a few seconds he let out a small, "Oh!", before turning to the masked boy.
"Mr. Fluffy isn't a Mr. Fluffy. He is a Ms. Kai. Technically Mr. Fluffy isn't a Mr. at all but a Ms. But if you really want a Mr. I have Mr. Whiskers." Ryuu waved the teddy at the boy.

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