Birds chirped and the sun was out! Beautiful day it was indeed. The nonrelentless rays from the sunlight were fantastic, warm and embracing. Soft amounts of dew fall from the grass outside as they're pelted by the sun's rays. Rumbles are heard within Shin'Ichi's house and loud stomps of feet were heard. Yelling above all else was present as well, as if something had happened. Casual drifts of air pass through the air as Shin'Ichi exits his house at a hurried pace. Shouts and screams could be heard from his house, rumbles as he sprinted away excitedly. An old man appeared at the door, raising his fist as the boy ran off. "Get back here, Shin'Ichi! You have to finish your CHORES!'' Though Shin heard the calls from his grandfather, it didn't seem like he really paid any mind to them. His face was filled with determination and happiness, he knew he had to ditch his chores. There was a special reason, a special NEED. He simply continued on with his sprint and aimed for the streets of Konohagakure to get far from his house.Within time, he rushed passed the fence which guarded his home from the streets of the village and disappeared behind the planks. The old man continued to holler for him as he ran into the street, but eventually the noise was lost in distance. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead as he hurried to his destination. A smile was plastered on the boy's face. It was finally time for the young genin to meet with his friend!

The streets of Konoha were particularly busy on this day. Horses pulling their usual luggage with people commanding them in direction. Shin'Ichi continued to sprint inbetween breaths, determined to get to his location quickly. Possibly before his friend. He would much rather get there first than last, either way. First is clearly better. Step after step he continued to push himself with his legs and arms. Casually he avoided the incoming horses and people as he ran through and around corners of the streets. "I gotta... get to the... park," he spoke between breaths as he ran, still avoiding people on his way to his location. This day, he donned his training uniform. A loose, black shirt with the blotch of white on the back which possessed his clan's symbol upon it. As well as this, he donned thick black pants with blue sneakers. His Konoha headband was wrapped tightly around his forehead, blue fabric swiftly being guided by the wind of the dash he was performing. Eventually the youngster decided to hop onto a nearby building and push off of it for a boost of speed, and it surely helped! Eventually the young boy would come to a turn off which led him straight to the park, and of course, he took it and saw the park entrance. He rushed towards it with high hopes of arriving first. His footsteps subtly became slower, however. He wasn't dumb, he wanted to save energy. Being decently new out of the academy, he knew that he couldn't simply dash from his house to the park and expect to be in top condition to fight. This was more than likely going to be his cool down jog now. His body was all stretched out from the run, all loosey goosey you could say. Though there was some burning in his legs, he could easily will through it. It wouldn't last forever, and he was used to it by now. Running was nothing new to him and it truly wasn't anything hard for him either.

Branches broke as the young boy rushed through the woodland of the park. Animals flustered as he dashed by, but he slowed it down to a light jog. He wanted to save the rest of his energy, and after that run he was surely warmed up for a spar if his friend was up for it. The two met a week ago, both on the street with their guardians. They had fun and had some laughs, and both were shinobi. They arranged this meeting that day, thus why he is determined to get there first. Maybe he can be the little show off he was and get there before her! Within minutes, Shin finally reached the clearing he was aiming for. It was pristine, containing a lake and nicely cut grass. Birds chirped through the area as he entered, and the silhouette of trees across the lake were clearly visible. Numerous amounts of sweat trickled from the boy's forehead as he took deep breaths. He aimed to reach the lake in slow steps. Cupping his hands, the youngster would place his face near the body of water and splash some water onto his face. Taking deep breaths he began to relax near the lake, awaiting for his friend to arrive.

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Calmness overcame the area. Splashes of water began to collapse from Shin's toned countenance. The forehead protector stood firm on his forehead, getting a little bathing of it's own from the water of the lake. The sun's rays were still relentless with the life of nature. The water was warm, a nice temperature. The young genin's hands slid across his face to stop the beads of water in their tracks. A soft sigh was released before he heard a crack in the forest. It was more than likely a stick, but all he could really think about was meeting her here. A cheesy smile was plastered on his face as he turned towards the forest, expecting to see her come through it. Though, to no avail, it wasn't her. Rather, it was a dear. His smile didn't fade, rather it widened. " Hehe... I beat her here! I bet she thought she was gonna be here first... Nope!" Shin let out a mischievous snicker before turning back to the water, looking down at himself. It's only been a year out of the academy and he's learned so much physically and spiritually, but he hasn't really lost the heart for living as a child. He can look back from when he was an academy student, but nothing really has changed. Just his power. And even now, he's more confident that he wants to learn even more, just as a child might. His thirst for being the best can sometimes be overwhelming, but he and his family is much more than used to it. Usually he has sudden urges to just train and train, but he's learned to control his urges and wait until the time is right. Right now, he was holding himself back from training alone. He wanted to wait for Hinari. He truly is hyperactive, after all.

It's been minutes of fighting himself from training and he's finally calmed himself down. He plopped backwards onto his back to stare up at the sky as he awaited the appearance of his friend. However, it's minutes passed the time she should have been there. Where was she?! Did she forget about the whole meet-up? Or perhaps... did she just not want to come? Shin executed a frown before pulling himself back up to sit up on his bottom. His face was turned towards the azure waters as he was now going deep into thought on the possible outcomes of this.

A.) She wasn't going because she didn't want to.
B.) She wasn't going because she forgot.
C.) She wasn't going because she hates him.

Not once did it occur to the naive boy that she was new in town so she really didn't know where to go. He was just a child after all. They tend to think the worst of things if anything. He didn't plan on giving up hope, however. It was only ten minutes after she was supposed to be there, she would be there soon, right? Who knew at this point. His mindset was just don't lose hope, at this point. His frown transformed into an upset look before he closed his eyes and crossed his arms. He formulated a plan to just sit there like that until she arrived, looking stern if you were to catch him in your visage from behind. Though, this would somewhat turn bad as the young genin would begin to doze off into a slumber. It wasn't intentional, but he did just run across almost the entire village to reach the area first. Somewhat of a payback if and when the girl showed up.

Voices rung through the air hazily. They began to dig deeper into the boy's skull from quiet to natural level. "--I'm late, but don't you say a word about that. That damn geezer was saying this stupid fucking park was right around the corner, and then it turned out that it was WAY over there!" Shin was confused. His eyes drearily opened, residue breaking apart from his eyelids as they softly opened. He was groggy, not really knowing what happened at first, not a single clue. Then the girl behind him continued to speak. "So don't you dare question me! You understand, Shin'Ichi?!" The boy heard his name and released a rather monstrous yawn. Albeit of this, he had yet to turn his head to a more than likely pissed girl named Hinari. Literal seconds after this, his head slowly rotated to the side so that his eyes caught visage of the girl who had just entered the area. It was clear that he was just sleeping, but he didn't realize how rude it really was. Actually, rather, he had completely forgotten why she was there and why he was there for a moment, lost of why she didn't look to happy either. To his surprise, the sun hasn't really moved from his last time seeing it, meaning that she was late, but not as late as he expected her to be. Everything she said previously was hazy, so he couldn't really tell which one of his decisions was correct about her. In reality, none of them were correct, but in his mind it had to be one of them. He simply shook his head slightly and uttered a single sound, more than likely the most annoying sound a girl could hear from a guy after talking to them.

"Eh?..."

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The groggy genin was utterly confused and sleepy. Nothing else sounded better to him than going back to sleep, but that was what his brain wanted him to think. The actual Shin would clearly rather train, but after you fall asleep and wake up shortly after, it's only natural that one would want to retreat back into their slumber and escapade into their own dreams once more. The fact they were near a clam lake and surrounded by peaceful animal noises didn't really help his case of waking up either. Albeit this, he still intended on getting up. He just didn't know how to quite do th-- "IS THAT IT?!" The young Kimura's lids unfurled faster than Sonic himself. The loud, upset girl made the young boy jump upwards, landing on his feet like a cat would. His head turned violently from side to side, eyes showing shock and worry. What had happened? He had completely forgotten about the girl's existence! It's like his mind was racing with a car, not much was to be known about the moment, he only knew it was happening. He was clearly being yelled at, but by whom?! There had to be a culprit! Then he finally began to remember. He began to calm down, scratching his head as he began to hear some whispering behind his person. His face was confused for a moment before his head tilted on cue, optics aligning with the person of the girl. He suddenly remembered her and why he was even there! But did he do something? Clearly something was wrong, but he didn't want to say anything. It felt like she had a knife up to his neck, the intensity too great to reply to the girl. Almost as if he were speaking to his very angry mother... There was only one thought going through his mind at this point.

"Girls are scary...''

He frightfully watched the girl pace back to the oak and to be honest, he's never seen anyone deal with anger before. His mother usually just went with the flow, so he couldn't really tell if she was getting pumped to come beat him up, or if she was just becoming calm. Though, he had a feeling she was becoming calm as she became tight-lipped. He became to calm down from his little scare, not really knowing what to expect from the girl next. Was she going to calm down, or was she going to continue freaking out? He still had a knife at his neck, there wasn't much he could say to the other genin. He would simply play the waiting game he supposed. Not much else he could really do. She stopped at an oak tree, halting her awkward stride. That was the place she was going to do it then? Might as well tidy up as he waited, right? Not like she'd really see him... The young genin quickly kneel'd down, cupping his hands before dipping them into the azure waters in order to gain some. He took a sip of the seemingly pristine water, unaware that fish and other animal's lived in that particular lake. Though, it's not like he would've cared anyways. After the drink, he raised up once more, wiping some of the residue of the water onto his face to wake him up even further. He was still really confused on what he did wrong, but either way he'd find out soon enough. Then, it happened. A clap was heard as she smacked her hands onto each cheek, sort of a warning that she was going to be back soon. He got into place, standing still as a statue as he watched the she-devil approach her 'pray'. He was ready if she suddenly attacked. His hand subtly twitched as he awaited her to do something... ANYTHING!

"..Hi. I'm Hinari, it's my name. Remember me? Er.. Yeah. Do you.. Uh, do you want to.. lick leaves- I mean, play hide and seek? I like tag. Let's play tag. Ahahaha! Haha.. Ahaha." The intensity faded rather quickly after this, he released a small sigh before conjuring up something to say. But... it was actually quite hard to do. He actually found his emotions fighting each other. He wanted to tell the girl off for being late, but then again, he didn't want to have an argument before the time they were going to play together. It seemed she didn't want to train, so dressing in his training gear was a bit presumptuous. Rather, he found quite the alternative. The sun was still out, beating against the dew ridden flooring of grass. "Why are you sleeping here anyways?! Don't you know it's unhealthy to sleep right next to a lake in the open? You're rude, you know? Didn't your mother teach you any manners?! What kind of a first impression is that?!" He awaited for her to finish this little rant of hers before begin his own. He found it quite ironic that she was yelling at him while she was the one that was late. No, he hasn't forgotten that. Rather, he was awaiting his moment to finally lay it out on her. She may have expected this to be ironic herself, and for that reason he was about to turn the table abruptly and nonchalantly. The young genin of the Kimura clan knew the consequences were going to be bad, but... he really, really just had to point out the girl's mistake. If he didn't, it just wouldn't be him. Without further ado, he spoke. A single digit raised, pointing straight at the girl in question.

''You're late.''

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Shin kept the finger in place, pointing at the girl, awaiting her reaction. It wasn't too long after that he got one. Her eyes shifted into bricks of ice and veins bulged from her forehead. It was as she intended it, the very meaning of death was staring the young genin down right before his very own eyes. It felt as if a knife was being cut across his stomach. An eerie silence fell between the two as she performed the look of pure rage towards the Kimura. His right leg instantaneously flew upwards as he body pivoted to the side. His arms flung up in front of his body. At this point, everything was tensed. His arms, his legs, his face, even his stomach. He was getting himself ready mentally for the future. His eyes turned white, not really knowing what to expect. She was extremely pissed. He had anger issues as well, but not as bad as her... clearly. A single shiver overcame his whole body as he released a short 'eeh' sound from in between his lips. This was not a great feeling to feel. Rather, probably one of the worst ones you could possibly imagine. As a child, he never understood why females got so worked up over such a small incident. It's not like he made fun of her or anything... right? Either way, he had a feeling this was bound to happen if he pointed out the obvious, and he was ready for whatever was about to happen. Judging by her current condition, he'd expect the other young genin to attack him without hesitation, but yet they both still sat there. Hinari giving him the death stare whilst he stood in shock and fear. He continued to cringe on a timed basis, almost as if a defense mechanism for when she pounced, his body would already be moving to attempt to counteract. However... something rather strange happened. She took a deep breath to 'calm down' as it seemed, something he clearly didn't expect. His adrift leg slowly lowered, still unsure of what was going on...

"Ah, what a wonderful day, isn't it, Shin'Ichi? The birds are humming and the wind feels so nice! I love life!" Something was different about her voice. It was rather... passive aggressive you could say. He felt that this wasn't over, but he was just going to go with it for now... Even as she said this, she moved away from the on-guard genin. This made it easier for him to loosen up his body. His foot met grace with the grass underneath his feet, arms retreating to their sides. "Did I break her?...'' was whispered underneath his breath before he continued to observe her clearly abnormal actions. She turned and skipped to a tree and even picked up a ladybug... yeah, she was broken. But he didn't dare to take a step, for all the balance of the world was now on his shoulders. He had to attempt to fix this. His lips parted slightly, but only air could come out. He didn't know what to say... He didn't do anything wrong, it's just that she so happens to be psychotic. Then another change... her head turned once more to face Shin. His face turned sour, not knowing what to expect now. Her hair began to raise and... at quite the dramatic time too. Clearly it was the intensity around her person that was pulling it upwards into the sky. He effortlessly noticed the twitching of his fingers. Yeah... this was definitely not over. Not by a long shot. Rather, this was most likely the start to a fight. Then she took a step, and Shin attempted to take a step back. But he finally remembered... he was cornered! "Crap..." He had to think of something... Finally, the snickers of insanity occurred. This was it...! His body tensed in quick fashion as it took a very basic Taijutsu stance he learned from the academy. His left foot slid back, closing his body from her hitting range. His right fist rose whilst his left got into proper position in front of his chest. His right shoulder now faced the young psychotic girl as the psychotic laughter got louder... and louder... and louder. As it got louder, she got faster. He legs took larger strides and her feet sunk deeper into the earth. The young genin wasn't feeling too good about the situation... Her act here was really freaking him out and throwing him off. Alas, once she reached him and jumped black lines trailed down the youngin's face. His mouth opened ever so gently before he quickly turned his cheek, allowing the foot to imprint onto his right cheek...

"Shit!'' was shouted as he felt the pain ripple across his face and send him flying. Upon flying into the azure lake from the girl's previous attack, it created a large splash and vibration which was obviously caused by his dropping body. His face squinted from pain as his hand sliced through the water to hold the injured cheek. It was surely meant to swell later. Though, he couldn't forget about the water situation. His cheeks cartoonishly filled with air as he began to cut his arms through the water to reach the top, but before he could reach the top, Hinari had jumped in as well! Welp, she had a surprise. As she was falling deep into the lake, Shin would hastefully grab her right leg and begin to tug her farther under, pulling off her leg for more momentum to reach the top of the lake...! As well as using this, his sharp eyes began to take their own initiative by scanning the girl as he arose to the top of the lake. If she were to attempt to grab him once more, he'd surely be ready to either a.) avoid it, or b.) counter it with a kick...! It all depended on the situation really, and either could equally happen. Though, hopefully upon him reaching the top, he could begin to backstroke away from the girl, effortlessly gliding atop the contents of the lake. As stated earlier, his hazel hued optics were still scanning the girl, making sure not to lose track of her and not to be blindsided. And if she were to come up from the water after him, he'd already have the words to speak to her, no longer afraid but rather... excited.

"So're we gonna start this fight, or what?! I've been waiting twenty minutes for you to get here, the least you could do is not act psychotic!" He'd shout with excitement and vigor, and his facial expression complimented his words by previewing the same emotions as the words. He's been waiting awhile for this, one of the main reasons he was so happy to meet here!

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Bubbles of oxygen popped and imploded in the azure waters in which Shin and Hinari were both inside. It seemed that the young boy had scared the living shit out of her! Perfect. A little payback never hurts, and especially when he gets a grand reaction like that, it surely pays off in the end. His legs pumped quickly, arms slicing through the water as he swam upwards, eyes lightly grazing over the girl. A smile spread across his face as his head bursted out of the water. The smile was still evident, eyes still gazing over Hinari's person. His black hair was now soaked of course, no longer straight up but instead let down, colliding with the blonde tuft in the center of his forehead. Not only this, but it basically covered the forehead protector that was proudly word about on his forehead. It was unusually to see the boy like this, being as he never wears it down. An uncommon sight indeed, but bubbles of air would soon arrive on the surface of the lake, followed by the evil girl that got them both in that wet mess. She swam to shore right after taking a few deep breaths, understandable. But his real question was if she was alright to fight! He was quite the imaginative one, still believing they were going to fight sooner or later on this day. He allowed her onto shore as he continued to await her response. His hand became jittery with excitement... before... "Are you CRAZY?! What if I drowned?! What if I couldn't swim?! Why'd you pull me down?!" His face turned expressionless. At this rate he knew the fight was probably going to be canceled, but he retorted to the girl's silly question. His arms nonchalantly crossed and his lips puckered outwards as his legs kept him lifted in the water. His head angled to the side before he answered her question. "Oh boo-hoo!~ You jumped in the lake before I pulled you down, that means ya' could swim!"

This whole thing was a mess. It seemed the two children had different ideals about what this meeting was about... Usually when he had a 'friendship meeting' with a genin he figured it was self-implied there was going to be a spar. Guess not to her, sadly... She was walking away at this point, and he let out a semi grunt of anger, but internally he didn't mean it. Something happened between the two. Their paths crossed eternally, intertwining into a never ending story of the future. The blank page was placed, all that was left was the painter to begin the painting. A smirk overcame the young boy's face. Without nice words or exchanging fists, the two knew who each other was and what made them... them. Something special something. He couldn't explain it... Nothing like this has happened to him in his whole life time, but... Fuck it, might as well not even thing about it too much. Strife turned into a beautiful friendship, that's the best words he could think of to describe the moment. Then... it dawned on him. The sun was slowly lowering, meaning...

"CRAP, I HAVE TO GET HOME!"

The young genin quickly hopped from the water towards the forest, disappearing into the murky greens. Branches cracked, forest critters scattered. The scene ended on a nice sun set followed by terrified screams made by Shin, more than likely due to being so late to get home. Yeah... it was a start to a beautiful friendship.

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