Chapter 1x6: Green Grass Gradation

" Ok so it seems you will need more than just the Academy to help you become the Great Man I know you can be. You Interact with individuals at the academy yes, but its often regarding Training and developing your fighting abilities. Even in times such as this, one need to be very Social. Meet people and get to know them, find out what they like and what you have in common. Create bonds with people that are outside of those that you'll fight alongside with. Who knows, maybe you'll one day bless your Mother with ". Before she could even finish that thought, the door closed Immediately, cutting her off and causing her to smile." Conversation for another day I guess. He do seem to be making Progress ever since coming here to Konoha, and I guess that's all I can ask for at the moment. Far from normal but still a great deal of improvement nonetheless ". A Tear traveled down her face before continuing her activities.

Prior to the discussion held between Val and his real Mother, the skies had been pouring droplets of rain all over the village, watering that of which made the Hidden leaf village what it was. The green life Flourished in ways that other places wish they could flourish, and it was all natural. During these times, if people wasn't out handling business, then they were inside from the rain, excluding those few exceptional individuals that for one reason or another found enjoyment of being in it. Val however wasn't one of those few to be exact. While he was indifferent on many things in life, he didn't find enjoyment in getting caught in the Rain, so he remained inside until it cleared up. Now the Sun was out in full while the Rain had ceased for the time being, with individuals now making their way out to continue their day. There was things to be done by Shinobi and Non-Shinobi alike, things that didn't exactly fall into their respective categories. In the Case of Val, he was heading out to take care of Plant Life. In one of the discussions Prior to the earlier one, it was established that the Yuki should get a job, as it would help finance his needs as a Shinobi as well as it being looked upon in a positive way by society. What kind of job didn't really matter, and Val didn't lean in the direction of any job in particular, so his mother selected one for him, a job that would help display a more positive side of Val while at the same time teaching him a few things that would become very important down the road. She also saw it kind of fitting since his late father was a Gardener while also tending to the house while she handled her responsibilities as a Shinobi.

Both hands in Pockets, all but his head hidden by the Cloak he wore, the Yuki made his way over to the Greenhouse located a bit passed the shopping district. Waiting outside for him was his employer whom from the looks of it was about to head somewhere based on what she was wearing. The dress she was wearing was Steel blue, left her shoulders mostly uncovered and flowed down into a graceful court neckline. It was a tight fit which gives the dress a classy and polished look. Her arms were completely uncovered, Which is a good thing too, since her silky skin wasn't something one would want to cover up. The dress waist is wide, but it's a tight fit. An elastic band within the dress perfectly accentuates her waist and breaks up the dress nicely. Below the waist the dress fits snug around her and has a pleated style. The dress reaches all the way down to her feet and is the same length all around. It would be a sight to behold for most males and females alike, definitely since the individual was not known for wearing stuff like this. While being new to the job, Val was aware of this based on Prior Info, and was not really astounded by the appearance. Apparently she was going out on a very important Date, and normally wouldn't leave the greenhouse in the hands of others, but today was the exception.

" You're a Tad late, but that's Okay. You're new so I'll let it pass this time. I won't be here to observe you , but there is someone in my place that will be making sure you do what you're supposed to do ".

There were individuals here that was in the same position as him, while others were already quite experienced already at maintaining plant care. There were also a few individuals here that kept watch over the entire place and the workers, almost like a Manager if you would. It was a really huge Greenhouse, which  had many applications outside of Aesthetics. The Plants there were used to cultivate Poisons, healing herbs, and many other things utilized by the Shinobi of the village. Maintaining the care of the Plants required Precision, as well as genuine care for them, both of which Val didn't have very much of at the moment. Still, it was a task to be handled, and that's all he saw it as...a Task. With that being said, once he was inside, he felt completely lost on what to do and where to start. Was he to just grab some kind of watering can or something and begin watering whatever plant that was near him ? Was he to head over for some trimmers and begin doing gods knows what to the plants. There was a few others within the place, all doing different things tending to the plants. This felt like the first day of his Academy days all over again, walking in and not knowing where the hell to go, or what the hell to do. He scanned around for a bit by just motioning his head, trying to figure out what he was supposed to do.

Mere seconds of scanning, and the Yuki would find himself Frozen in place at the sight of something he had never seen in his entire life. It wasn't Fear that froze him, but his mind freezing every other function just to try to process what was here before him. There were many things in this world that wouldn't have this kind of effect on him, even when he was confronted in what he believed was a life and death situation awhile ago. He recognized the Danger, Processed the situation, and Tasked himself with handling it. This though...what was this was the question that was going through his head. As she passed him, he remained in his spot, only shifting his eyes to the side that she passed him on. He didn't see her as any form of danger, otherwise everyone else reactions wouldn't have been as if this was the Norm, despite this not being the norm for him, and surely they wouldn't allow some kind of plant monster to roam around unless it they were absolutely sure that it wouldn't be a Problem. Running these through his head, Val tried his best to force himself into thinking that this was the Norm, otherwise it would make doing the job all the more difficult, and he was all about performing the Task. There was a slight sigh before his ears picked up on the creature speaking. He assumed at first that she was speaking to someone, Only to turn around and find himself just witnessing her Talking to the Plants themselves. The First thing that came to his mind regarding this specific subject was that he was in the presence of a crazy creature, but actually taking in her words, the opinion shifted a bit. The words themselves possessed a gentle and protective nature to them, and even though it was still strange, it would cause him to ease up a bit. After all, there were human beings that existed in the world that talked to things that didn't respond back, though in their case it was most likely that they were crazy.

Standing around wasn't getting the Tasks done though, so shaking his head, he looked over to a Plant that wasn't right next to where the Creature was, but a bit over from her. While making his way over towards them, he just had the image of the creature in his head for reasons unknown to him. Of course when you see something that you have never seen before in your entire existence, that thing kind of have and odd tendency of staying with you. There was a little note in front of the plants that he was before, and as he scanned the texts on the note, he began muttering bits of it to himself.

" Calendula...encourage healing....aid digestion....fight fungal infections ".

He couldn't tell if they needed watering or not, and didn't know if someone else had already watered them. While he didn't know too much about this kind of stuff, he was aware that there was a such thing as over watering things. He could turn around to ask the Plant creature, but there was mixed feelings with that. After mauling it over in his head, he figured that it couldn't hurt too much. Based on the figure of the creature, it was quite obvious that it was a she, so he would watch the way he addressed her. Turning to her, he would shoot for it and see where it landed him.

" Can you actually communicate with the plants ? ".

The wrong thing came out of his mouth, and he felt like an idiot, while at the same time he didn't correct himself because that weighed heavy on his mind at the time, even more so than not knowing if the plants had been watered.

When she turned to him, her huge blue orbs looking to him, He felt his breathing stop for moment, though not showing much of a sign that this had occured, definitely with no change in his facial expression. This was almost his equivalent of an average person blushing slightly at the sight of the creature, though the breathing would resume as sign of regaining himself before speaking. When she asked him why, nothing came out immediately. Everything about this was out of the Norm for him, and so to find out that she actually communicated with the Plants brought up many more questions, though not ones that someone would ask straight up. As his lips motioned to get ready to release his reasons, he was cut off by the Creature, confirming that He was indeed the New person here. While there was a few things that could have led one to this conclusion, one thing he did notice was that as he was coming up with his reason as to why he asked, she motioned back to the plants and performed gestures that would indicate that some kind of communication was going on. Now, she could have easily done this to mess with him, but there was no real way for him to confirm it. The Main conclusion was that she actually could communicate with these plants and that they had informed her that he was the new guy, which was astounding despite Val not showing it. He simply nodded as to confirm her words.

Her Smile, something that caught him a bit off guard. He didn't do anything up until this point that he thought was smile worthy, unless she was just being Polite in addressing him, which in that instant would cause him to recall something that his mother mentioned before. ' Val you should smile...or get Mad. Something! sometimes it gets really hard to read you when you look like you in the middle of caring and not caring 100% of the time. Greet people with a smile '. This was something that Val had yet learned to actually apply, or even began to put it into Practice. Val began his reply to the creature with a nod first, followed by words that would put his problems out there for her.

" Yes. I can't tell if these plants have been watered ".

There was signs that normally would tell one if water had made contact with soil itself, signs that the Yuki should have been well aware of since he took notice often of his ice that had been out too long and how it altered the form of the earth below. He didn't make the connections at this time for whatever reason, and didn't want to risk the chance of tending to plants that had already been tended to. There was other things that he could have done to the plant at the time, but right then and there he thought on watering the plants, and not actually trimming anything. If this Creature was being straight up with him about being able to communicate with them, then maybe it was possible that could feel Pain, even if not in ways like they did.

Once she informed him the lack of difficulty it was to tell this kind of things, his eyes remained locked on her as if Val was waiting for her to show him. The discoloration in the soil itself was how he should have known, but didn't. She brought one of the Potted plants to him and began explaining the ways of which one would take notice of these things. His eyes shifted from her and immediately to the plants the very moment she began with how it smelled. Prior to this explanation, Val had never really took it upon himself to actively smell flowers, not really knowing the difference between the smell of them before and after they had been watered. He motioned in slightly to sniff the plants she held just slightly, but for the life of him couldn't pick up anything different than what he had smelled since entering the place. He figured then that with all the kind of Plants that there was in one concentrated spot, the smell of one wasn't really going to stand out too much if at all, plus he wasn't aware of how it smelled before it was watered so he didn't have anything to compare the new smell too even if he could pick up on it.

The second method of which she mentioned was one that he could utilize since he could look at how it was supposed to look  once it's been watered. Taking closer examination of the Plant, it did look much sleeker than the ones that had yet to be watered. His head motioned around as if he was examining multiple sides of the plant and nodded slightly. This method to him was far much more easier than the first one that utilized ones sense of smell. He often found that while he relied on all his senses to a great degree, the one he utilized the most was his sight. The third method also relied on this, and was the method of which the Yuki should have already known. It was only midst explanation where it clicked in his head, and at that time he wanted to slam his forehead into his palm, though would refrain from doing so due to being in the presence of the creature. The Last method seemed the easiest of them all, though almost neck and neck with the second.

" Alright ".

Following the initial answering of his question, the creature seemed to continue on with some extra and useful information in which he remained in place, taking it all in to the best of his abilities. This was stuff he was also unaware of, and with the finishing of the explanation, he nodded a few times to show he understood completely. Her stern look came off a different way than it was probably intended, a way that was more on the cute side than very serious. Still Val wouldn't make light of it, giving that she appeared to be more plant than anything else, so it was probably she felt deep about.

" I understand. I'll try to be as gentle as I can be with them...you have my word ".

There was a little moment of silence before he continued.

" Thank you...Ms...".

He didn't know what to call her by since there was no real introduction done between the two.

There was no name given to the Yuki, which he found a bit strange since at points like that people usually gave some form of introductions to the individual that they were conversing with. Maybe she just Didn't want to give him her name because maybe her name revealed some things that she didn't want revealed like maybe relation to a specific clan or something, which at some point was the case for Val and his mother...well more so his mother than himself. She informed him not to give out his name to anyone for reasons that revolved around his clan History and their abilities, something he found pointless at the time since majority of the time he interacted with individuals his age that were apart of the academy just like him; and being apart of the academy it would be easy to acquire such information off of Semi-Important documentations if not off of the assignment papers of the individual in question. The more he thought about it, the less likely that is seemed to be the reason why she didn't give him her name at all.  There was some other doors open as to why she probably didn't give him her name that processed through the Young Yuki's mind. Maybe him not immediately having decent knowledge of the Basics of Plant Caretaking didn't sit right with her, and even though she decided to assist him, maybe he wasn't worth even given him her name, which never seemed to be the case with any other encounter the Yuki has had...even though he was never really the one initially asking for the name. It was with thinking about this reason his mind immediately went to two moments where he was lectured about being persistent, each from both his Foster mother and his real mother.

" Honey, when you are growing up in the world, you're going to be introduced to situations where you won't get what you're asking for, and it's okay. Don't let it bother alright ? You're going to have many opportunities "  Words spoken by his Foster Mom. Then his mind went immediately to the words spoken by his real mother.

" Val my sweat heart, listen and listen well. At some point, someone is going to tell you that giving up is okay when you're trying to obtain something. When that days come...I want you to give them this finger and then turn around and walk away all cool like. It's not okay to give up, and never get the mindset that it will be. Some of the hardest things to be achieved were achieved by never giving up. Heck Me and your Father became an Item because I never gave up, and because of that you came into this world. Never give up son! now go give me Grandchil...hey where did you go ? ".

He needed to confirm if it was the case since she didn't seem like that kind of individual solely based off of the interaction between the two, so this time he would be more direct with his intent, though to establish that it wasn't the first, he would introduce himself first.

" Im Yuki Vales...What's your name ? ".

This was also assuming that she had a name.

Things started to clear up slightly as to why She didn't reply accordingly when he was trying to get her name initially. While it wasn't a straight forward question before, if it ever was a question, individuals normally would Pick up on the que to finish off that sentence with their name. Now while it could have been the other reasons he initially thought, it would appear that the intent of the sentence before went straight over the creature's head. There were many benefits to be had in just being introduced to each other, and maybe these things were not known to the creature for whatever reason. Val wasn't one to explain things in deep details, often starting and finishing them off in a sentence or two, so explaining the importance of the name would have been bothersome at most, though very much possible by the Yuki. He was actually going to attempt to explain the importance of it, but before he could even get a world out, it would appear that something else had beat him to the explanation. He noticed that her attention seemed to have shifted in that moment to the Bug, but then the words that followed after her attention shifted cause the question who she was replying to. He knew that he had yet to say anything that would present the situation of him having to be right or wrong, so it was probably something else that she was replying to, though the question at the moment would be what. There was other people around, though none in the immediate space and none had addressed her for her to reply as such. His attention was on what she was looking at when she replied, which would for a second throw him off once again, not being aware that she could also talk to insect life.

Plants was one thing that he had no problem watching out for regarding care towards them as it wasn't like he went out of his way kicking potted plants over, lighting shit on fire and what not...but Bugs was almost a game changer. Most human beings instinctively swat at bugs when they're present within their immediate vicinity. In that instant he was even able to recall when his Mother, a well established Jounin formerly of the Hidden mist was freaking out because of a Roach, in which she was yelling to Val to smash it for her, something he did without hesitation after going through the agonizing trouble of trying to catch it through the crevices. Being around her would require him to be far more mindful then he had been up until this point in his life, which in itself initially appeared like it was going to be far more troublesome than he believed it was actually worth. In the end, the creature gave him her name, which to him would establish something very Important.

Nodding slightly to Kisayuri, Val began to motion back towards the Plants he was initially going to tend to, picking up the closest available watering canteen near him and began watering it slightly. He was there to perform a Job, and even though he wasn't the extremely talkative type before, he did find himself speaking more than usual, which may simply be from the intrigue that the individual struck in him.

" Kisayuri, That's a nice name. What...are you exactly ? ".

One thing he didn't really expect was her to take offense to it. He couldn't have been the first one to have asked that question, and definitely wont be the last. Val actually thought he was being considerate by asking first instead of Assuming what she as to not look like a fool later on come the time it either come up in conversation or some reference is made regarding what she may be. Silence followed the reply of the Creature, not really knowing how to respond to her, as it also would have been far more considerate if he had asked how she was today. Thinking about it more, it did seem out of place, or at least in the wrong order. He wouldn't ignore that feeling, nodding slightly while closing his eyes.

" Im sorry ".

He Stopped watering the Plant, making sure he didn't over water it. He did after all make a Promise that he would do the best to care for the Plant life that he was in charge of. A barely noticeable smile formed on his face while his eyes was still closed. His normal behavior was one that wasn't too normal with others, so weird actually fit in his case. Even he could appreciate being called weird by some Giant Plant Human whatever she was.

" Im actually...Interested in both ".

That was the best way he believed he could put it, and so it came out as such. His head rose slightly with his eyes opening, looking to the plants before him first, before turning towards her, a Turn that actually felt a lot slower than it actually was. Taking in her full visage, he found himself thinking about her as a Human with the most unique kind of dress ever, which for him was an extremely strange thought, though this was far from a normal situation.

" I guess I really am the weird one here ".

He had more questions to ask, and even though he wasn't sure if she would even answer them for him, he still felt the urge to go through with them. He of course didn't want to offend her, so unlike before, not only would he attempt to mentally formed the questions correctly, but he would establish an order of which was most important, as well as weed out the ones that he felt like she would be offended by no matter how well they were worded. There was one thing that he knew now, and that was that she had spent a decent time in society, due to her recognizing that people in society would consider the question he asked somewhat rude, so even though there was a chance that she would be okay with answering, he would not bring himself to Ask anything like how old was she, as many females found it rude for some reason to ask their age. For now, How she was and what she was would be the only things waiting for an answer, and maybe upon those being answered he would move on to the next.

Val could already see the encounter slowly snowballing, something that he wasn't too surprised by due to the initial question, which probably didn't put him on a good side of things. He may have branded himself as a Rude individual, and seeing as he didn't pick up any signs that she had accepted apology, it pushed him more into believing that. What was the follow shocked him a tiny, feeling like someone he believed to be offended wouldn't give him the answer. That answer, didn't seem clear to him at the instant it was revealed to him but then her started making very little connections.

" A bud of the Earth ".

Along with her appearance, made him believe that she was more Plant than Human, and her often referring to him as Humans like it was a separate category confirmed that she wasn't just some kind of Mutated Human being. Val was average, borderline Above Average, or at least that's what his grades and scores indicated. He couldn't pick up a thousand answers from a single detail, so sometimes he needed them to be revealed to him before he could come to a clear answer. Before knowing this piece of information, even though while she clearly possessed attributes of a Plant, he thought of her more so a Creature than anything, which in itself was quite inaccurate due to that often referring to an Animal and in rare occasions, Humans. She didn't possess frightening features so Monster never really came to mind, nor would it in trying to find another category for her. He couldn't deny that she was right, as he wouldn't ask that kind of question to others, though he did have to kinda give himself a pass on this particular situation because he never recalled such practices being extended to things outside of Humans since generally interactions occurred between Human beings. Now knowing this, Val would do his best to treat her as if she was a Human being when it came to interaction and social cues. How far her knowledge extended into this was unknown to the Yuki, so his best bet was to act like her knowledge went deep until it becomes apparent that it doesn't for certain things, hopefully through questions like what do certain things mean. As he was about to reply on her condition today, she followed her reply with words that brought up some more questions within the depths of the Yuki's mind, though again he would refrain from asking them.

" Maybe it's that we're weird ".

An average individual, or even an highly intelligent individual's reply probably would have been a lot deeper than what his reply was, probably going into stuff like weird sparking interest for the unknown and such, but that was definitely not the case for the Yuki who put it simply as them being weird. There was the fact that Kisayuri was weird in his eyes that sparked the Interest of an individual who normally just kept to himself and did what he was supposed to do.

" What do you Consider...not Weird ? I mean what makes you happy ?".

As he asked that question, one of the individuals who helped manage things there was making his way in their direction while holding some kind of clipboard. What was on this clipboard was unknown but they seemed to be scanning through it quite a bit as they slowly but surely began to close the distance between them and Kisayuri and the Yuki. Val of course wouldn't see this as his attention was more so on Kisayuri, waiting for a reply, if not an extended answer about what she liked and what she considered Normal.

Val waited there, believing that she was actually going to tell him what made her happy. The only thing that would come to his mind without her having to say a single word was Water and Sunlight, which seemed to be the Basics for Plants, but he felt like there was more to it. Unfortunate for him, he wouldn't get to learn anything at that point and time due to her having to suddenly take her leave, for reasons unknown to him. Maybe it had something to do with the plants, giving that once again she had interrupted herself to shift her attention to the plants, and it was following this that she found herself having to excuse herself. It was actually disappointing since he didn't get his answer before she had to make her leave, but it was completely fine. The information was in no way actually important, just mere curiosity. Their feelings towards any future encounter seemed like they were quite neutral. He showed a decent amount of Interest in something, the action itself being quite rare as it hasn't happened in a very long time. While as rare as it was, it wouldn't have bothered him if they never encountered again, though he wouldn't be against the idea of another encounter. It happened so suddenly that all he could do was nod to her before she vanished, followed up by the guy with the Clipboard making his way to Val's current location. It wasn't until his somewhat huge shadow came into view that Val picked up on the individual, in which he turned his head slightly in his direction to get him in view. " So you're the New Kid huh ? Welcome. We generally don't let new people tend to the plants due to their delicate nature. They need to be tended to right and treated with a great deal of care. They serve a great use to the village and sometimes can be the difference in a Life and Death Situation ".

While Val wasn't aware of the last tid bits, he was aware of the taking care of the plants due to what he picked up moments ago from Kisayuri. Apparently it wasn't his job now to tend to the plants, which would bring into question...what was his job. Val remained silent, feeling like he would get an answer from the guy anyways. " With that being said, once you get a bit more knowledge regarding them under your belt, you can tend to them. What you my friend will be doing is Delivery duty. While there are many plants that have important uses...there are some that are just there for the simple idea of making a place look nice. These plants we also grow here, and people order them. We have an individual that usually do the deliveries but they got in an accident recently and will be out for quite awhile...so now you see where you come in. There wont be too much to do when it comes to delivery, though you have to get a decent knowledge of the village areas and deliver them without any kind of harm really coming to the Plants. There isn't really a Time limit as to how fast you get them there so don't feel you have to jumping buildings and do unnecessary crap in order to get them there. It's actually advised against since you risk ruining the plants themselves, then we'll have an issue there. This talk is to avoid that, you got it ? ". The person tone was serious, but not offensive, at least to Val it wasn't.

He was here to perform tasks associated with the care giving of Plant life, so this could somewhat be considered as that. Taking in the info, his head nodded to confirm that he understood both the objectives and what was necessary to achieve said objectives.  " Alright, follow me ". The guy with the Clipboard turned away and began walking away in attempts to lead Val to the Plants that he would be delivering. Following him, they would eventually stumble upon the flowers that were to be delivered. Before this though, the guy would toss Val what appeared to be some kind of Apron and scarf that possessed the Symbol of Konoha on it. One second, Val was just looking at the stuff, and then another second Later he was in the stuff, wearing the scarf on his head and Apron over his Torso, having it go around his shoulders as well as tying around his waist. He looked like some kind of Cook, or someone who tended to someone elses house, which was embarrassing even though his facial expressions did not convey this in the least." If you're going to be working with us, you might as well not half ass it. You have to rock the gear, and I have to say...you look quite cool. Here's the location of the home, the Recipient name is Mrs.Hanako. Choose whatever route you wish to take, just make sure that the flowers get there in a safe manner. Get back here as soon as possible though because there are still things for you to do here before you're done for the day ". Now fully suited up for the Job, and Plant in Hand, Yuki Vales was set to handle business, moving forward with a void like determination. Turning towards the door, Val began moving, slowly but surely increasing his speed as he made it out of the door. He walked fast, but at the same time constantly monitored the Plants as he made Progress through the village, and eventually to the Home of the recipient. The day would consist a great deal of these delivery missions, and almost close to none of Plant care taking, something that was one of the reasons why his mother kind of pushed him in this direction.

Hours had passed by, and despite his breathing having been increased due to the constant running around delivering stuff, He felt real good in handling business. " Yo! Kid....You're alright. There seemed to be no complaints regarding the people you delivered to so the Plants must have been in good condition upon arrival. All in All, a nice days work. Maybe one of these days you can actually work here for some kind of Pay. Anyways Keep the Apron and Scarf. As far where Im concerned, you're part of the crew. Hope to see you again ". They were closing up now, and Val stood at the door with his Apron and scarf folded in his arms. Once the door shut, he turned away and began heading home as the sky darkened. There was a few things that went through his mind though as he continued his way home, though it was these thoughts that took his attention away from his location, causing him to walk passed where he was supposed to turn in order to make it home. It was upon realizing this that he decided to shift his plans a bit. A Nice swim would be a nice way to end the day for the Yuki, and usually around this time there wasn't people at his spot, so he continued onward without pause until he eventually made it to the Part of the village that for the most part was Trees, and eventually an open field where there was a Watering hole in the middle. At this point, the Sun was near setting, and there seemed to be no one there at the time he arrived, which was a Plus for him considering the last time that he arrived here to enjoy a Swim. Looking at the Water for some reason caused him to reflect on his earlier encounter with Kisayuri, and just thinking about it caused him to smile just barely, followed by him closing his eyes as he began to unbutton his shirt once her placed his Scarf and Apron down.

" ...Weird ".

Darken skies, Wind blowing ever so slightly, noticeable only by the motions of the Blades of grass that surrounded the area with the occasional patch of Dirt. In the Middle of this open field that itself was surrounded by trees, was a Watering hole that at glance didn't seem to possess much in it outside of it's glistening shine that made it everso appealing to just take a dip in. The unbuttoning happened slowly, but was eventually done, which resulted in him removing the shirt entirely, folding it up and placing it on top of the scarf and Apron. Following that was the removal of the rest of his clothes, excluding shorts that he utilized to swim in often. Everything was folded upon each other, creating a stack of folded clothes as the Yuki moved to the Water, Stepping in slowly with his left foot, followed by his right. The cooling sensation that occurred upon contact with the water was revitalizing to say the least. It wasn't too long before a good portion of his body was submerged and he was off swimming to the middle.

By this time, the cooling sensation had made work of his entire body, causing the Yuki to be completely relaxed. There was very little outside of a attack that could cause him to exit this grand state he was in, closing his eyes to better reflect it. His breathing was eased a great deal than earlier when he was running all over the place playing delivery boy, so much so that it almost appeared nonexistent. It wouldn't be too long though until, he found himself in the presence of another, someone whom he had encountered not too long ago. The eyes  of the Yuki shot open upon realization that there was someone else there, and he abruptly shifted his attention in the direction to see if it was Danger. What he did find wasn't danger, but a different demon entirely...It was a female, and not a normal one at that picking up his neatly folded clothes. He wanted to get up and call them out, but when he identified the individual completely, that no longer became an option for him. Val froze mentally while watching the one known as Kisayuri go through his clothes, and once he regained himself, the first action he took was slowly submerging himself into the water to the point where only half of his face was popping out from it, that being from his nose and up. There was some form of embarrassment, and unlike others he didnt find himself yelling out of embarassment or anger.

" Blub Blub Blub Blub (Kisayuri) ".

Bubbles rising to the surface gave hint that he was releasing air from his mouth while submerged, saying her name in a manner that would not be understood by those that heard. He didn't bother bringing himself up for a bit until she either took notice of him or did some other action that would require a response from him. Even so, there would be a good minute of him just looking at her from his new submerged state, with a tint of red covering parts of his cheeks that where still revealed.

" Blub Blub...Blub Blub Blub Blub Blub Blub. Blub Blub Blub Blub Blub Blub ( My Clothes...Yea, No don't fold them back. What are you doing here ? ) ".

Moments after being submerged, the Yuki would bring his head up slightly more to bring his mouth to the surface, all so any words spoken after could become known once spoken. His eyes remained locked on her the entire time, wondering what in the world was she doing there. Did she just happen to stumble upon him, or Did she follow him for some reason. Val didn't know, but these amongst other thoughts was circling around in his head as he remained in the same spot just looking upon her. Any other time he would probably be glad to encounter her, and would greet her with a smile, but this specific situation it was quite understanding while he reacted the way he did, even with the gender roles being reversed, not being the perverted or witless male that stumbles upon the naked female.