Want to go to the beach? (Private)

Den walked out of his apartment, dressed in a seemingly normal outfit. Red T-shirt and blue jeans, and wearing sneakers rather than the sandals most shinobi wore. Den was actually wearing a fabric he had developed, as durable as any armor he'd worn yet able to be as soft as any fabric, it was even able to change shape and color to match whatever the user desired. Whatever outfit Den wished to wear, his clothes could become. This was meant to be part of a new project he was working on, one he would hope help him become powerful enough to defeat the people who murdered his friend Minorin. So far things seemed to be going well, the fabric was more than durable enough for what he needed. He intended to make this fabric accessible enough to give to his allies, so they could all benefit from this light weight armor.

That was why, when he reached the the apartment of a girl named Eva Hozuki, he had a small black cube in his left hand. It was what the fabric looked like before it bonded with a person, a simple object that looked like a box. Denkiteki and Eva had become friends over the past few weeks, he wasn't sure why but he actually enjoyed her company. He normally only dealt with people when he needed to, but he had been more than willing to meet with Eva to help each other or even just hang out. He had decided to give her this prototype of his new armor design as a way of thanking her for being his friend, and perhaps make her willing to become his ally in his quest to find the organization he was after. He hoped she would be willing to join him, for some reason he felt it would be better if she came along.

Because Den would have to leave soon, he couldn't waste anymore time at this village while the men who murdered his friend ran free. he intended to go to Shimagakure and meet with the leader there. He seemed to want Den to give him some favor, and Den believed making an ally with another village leader might help his cause greatly. He wanted Eva to come with him, but he didn't know how dedicated she was to Takigakure. He hadn't recalled her ever saying anything great about being a shinobi of Taki, and before meeting him it seemed like she had been neglecting her ttraining a bit. So he hoped that meant she didn't really care for the village enough to stay.

With the cube in one hand, Den's other reached out and knocked on Eva's door, loud enough to be heard but not so loud as to alarm someone when they heard. Behind Den, both Natsumi and Hiroko slithered towards him and the door, having just left Den's apartment themselves. They had become friends with Eva's summon Shizuko, and probably wanted to play with him while Den talked to Eva.

Eva stood in her living room wearing her usual tee-shirt and pants. She was dressed comfortably, not planning on doing much today. Shizuko, her red panda summon, lay on her carpet sleeping. Shizuko only slept about 4 hours a day, so that meant Eva only slept four hours a day. Well Eva actually likes to sneak into her bedroom and sleep when Shizuko eats. Which is for hours a day (Eva still doesn’t understand how such a small animal can eat so much).

Eva stood there admiring how adorable Shizuko was. He was sprawled out on his back, his legs stretched out, and his whiskers twitching. Eva decided she was going to get revenge. Shizuko gets extreme joy out of jumping onto Eva when she’s sleeping, causing her to have a mini heart attack. If Shizuko had been awake there’s no way Eva could sneak up on him. Luckily he seemed be in a deep sleep, probably dreaming about apples which he adored.

Eva wasn’t even four feet away from him as she crouched down onto all fours. Slowly she crawled her way towards him, being as quiet as possible. Once she reached him she got back into a crouching position. Quickly Eva grabbed Shizuko’s hind legs and stood up. Eva stood with both of Shizuko’s back legs in her hands, she began to swing him around in a circle. Shizuko was woken up by being swung around the room. He was completely confused as to what was going on.

Eva laughed as Shizuko began to make the strange chirping noise that red pandas make. After she had spun in a full 360 degrees about eight times, she decided she had gotten her revenge and put Shizuko back on the floor. Shizuko laid there on the floor motionless. Eva began to get worried about him. Had she made him go into shock? Eva quickly knelt down and reached out to roll him over to see if he was alright. Before she could even touch Shizuko he rolled over and leapt onto Eva’s face. Eva hadn’t even seen Shizuko jump he moved so quickly, or perhaps Eva had blinked when he did.

Eva fell over from the force of Shizuko jumping on her. She couldn’t see anything due to the black fur that was covering her face. Eva laid on her back trying to grab at Shizuko to pull him off when, she heard a knock at the door.  Almost instantly Shizuko let go of Eva and ran to the door. He stood on his back legs trying to reach to door knob. Eva watched Shizuko fumble with the door knob for a few seconds before deciding to get up.

Eva figured it was Den because she didn’t really have business with anyone else. She and Den had become friends over the past few weeks. When she had first met Den she wasn’t sure what to make of him. After spending time with him she realized he was a bit strange, but in an endearing way. Eva could clearly tell Den usually didn’t just “hang out” with people. It wasn’t that he lacked social skills, she could just tell that it was a foreign thing to him. Although Eva could be wrong, she wasn’t the best at reading people.

Eva walked over to the door opening it to reveal Den standing in front of her. Den wore a red shirt and jeans, Eva quite liked the color red on Den. She noticed that he was holding something. Before she had a chance to ask Den what it was Shizuko began to shove himself between Eva’s legs. He was anxious to greet Natsumi and Hiroko. Shizuko and Den’s snake summons had become quite good friends. Which was another thing on the list of stuff Eva didn’t quite understand. Eva strangely had little balance for a shinobi and started to fall as Shizuko pushed himself between her legs.

Den could hear some kind of tussle going on while he waited for someone to answer the door. A smaller creature and a human sized one, so of course he assumed that Eva and Shizuko were rough housing. The smells he got from Eva's apartment confirmed this as well. Once they realized he was there Shizuko tried to open the door, and Den smirked as he heard the small creature claw at the door handle, trying to turn it.

After he tried a few times Eva got up, and Den remained standing with the black cube in his hand while he waited for Eva to open the door. Both Hiroko and Natsumi had caught up to him now, one on either side of him. The rainbow colored snake and her near pitch black colored sister watched as th door opened, excited to see their friend. Den was happy to see his friend too, and smiled at Eva as she opened the door.

Den was about to extend the black cube forward, and ask Eva if she wanted to see one of his cool inventions, when Shizuko tried to crawl between Eva's legs. And while it seemed that Eva was talented in the art of ninjutsu, she did not possess some other traits that shinobi needed. Such as balance, which in a fight was a skill one needed to stay on their feet so they didn't fall over and get killed.

Or crack their head open because their animal friend accidentally tripped them, which seemed to be what was about to happen to Eva. Luckily Den was not a terrible person, and he didn't want to see Eva get hurt, so he stepped forward, making sure to avoid Shizuko of course a she didn't want to hurt him. Den's right arm would reach around and his hand would touch Eva's back, stopping her from falling backwards as long as she didn't try to move out of the way of him catching her or something.

Assuming he caught her, Den would look at Eva after catching her and shake his head, before muttering, "You know, I just realized if you had fallen you would have just needed to turn to water and you would have been fine." He'd then chuckle for a moment and, if Eva allowed him, would help her stand back up.

Hiroko would look at Shizuko and sorta giggle, or at least come as close as a snake could to performing the act,"I'm glad to see you too, but you don't need to hurt Eva-chan." She then stuck out her tongue at the red panda, which looked rather funny coming from a snake.

Natsumi chuckled as well, but otherwise remained silent for now. She wasn't soft spoken but she tended to only speak but so much.

Eva appreciated that Den stopped her from falling. She laughed at Den’s remark. “That would require common sense, which we both know I’m lacking in that department.”  Eva said this while laughing, she wasn’t sure if she was completely joking or not. Den helped Eva regain what little essential balance she had, but before he could remove his right arm from behind her back she would pull Den into a hug. That’s if he let her do so.

Eva enjoyed hugging people so Den was just going to have to deal with that occasionally. If Den let her hug him she would rest her chin on his shoulder, smiling at Hiroko as she spoke. “That would be appreciated” Eva glared at Shizuko as she spoke. As Eva said this Shizuko would lick both Hiroko and then Natsumi, as if to greet them. Eva would watch him as he did this and wonder if he could get salmonella from this.

Assuming that Den allowed Eva to hug him she would the let go and take a step back. “So what you got there?” Eva would say motioning to Den’s hand. Eva looked at Den waiting for a response, trying to ignore the noises coming from Shizuko playing with Den’s summons. No matter what Shizuko did it always looked like he was practically dancing, which Eva loved.

Shizuko would hear Eva start to talk to den, but then would start to wrestle with Den’s summons. He would start by nosing into Natsumi, who would then use the lower part of her body to coil around Shizuko’s legs, trapping him. “Natsumiiiiiiiiiiiii” Shizuko would drag out the end of her name in a whiny voice. He would then make fake choking noises and pretend to be dead, still trapped by Natsumi.

Den chuckled again, this time at Eva's joke. She had made a few mistakes every now and then, he just hoped she wouldn't make a habit of it if they did become allies. The thought of her making a mistake in a battle and dying made Den feel sad, he hoped that if she did join him in battle she would be more powerful and skilled than she was then, by a lot. She had potential, but if she remained clumsy and careless she wouldn't be able to reach it.

Den would accept the hug. They felt nice from Eva, he didn't know exactly how to explain it but he felt happier when she was close to him. He heard the remark made at Shizuko and smirked, it was nice having the five of them together. That was probably part of the reason he wanted her to come with him to Shima so back, he wanted to keep hanging out with her and their summons, it was much simpler than what he was used to.

While they hugged Shizuko licked the faces of both snakes, and they both would recoil afterwards, whipping their head side to side trying to get his saliva off their faces.

"You're so mean!" Hiroko said, however she was joking. She'd wiped her face on the carpet of the apartment as she entered it, it seemed she wanted to try and get a good spot to rest in before everyone else settled down.

Eva let go of Den after hugging for a few moment,s now asking about what Den had in his hand. He knew it wouldn't take her long to get curious, Eva was that type of person. "This is a cool little experiment of mine actually, you put your chakra into it, think of an outfit, and it becomes it."

Deciding to give an example, Den decided to use the manipulated fabric he was already wearing. He gave his clothes a silent mentla command, and moving at 100 speed his clothes would change to look like Jounin gear. Due to the high speed the fabric moved at, it would seem to Eva that his outfit had just instantaneously changed.

"The fabrics also extremely durable, you'd need more than a simple kunai to get through this." Den thought about pulling out a kunai and demonstrating ,but decided against it because trying to stab oneself might look weird, "All you have to do is channel some of your chakra into this cube and it will become linked to you, you want to try it?" He'd hold out the cube, wondering if Eva would accept the gift.

Eva was surprised when she found out what Den was holding. She wasn’t sure exactly what she had in mind, but it certainly wasn’t that. For a moment Eva was confused when Den’s clothes changed before her eyes. When Den mentioned that the fabric was durable she was curious as to how comfortable it was. She reached out and touched the collar of Den’s vest. It felt just like she assumed it would, like regular fabric.

She cautiously took the cube from Den and rested it in her right palm. She wasn’t sure what she wanted it to turn into. She didn’t want to try anything big at first, plus she was already wearing clothes so she wasn’t sure how exactly that would work out. She suddenly thought of the simple golden bracelet that used to be her mother’s. Eva’s father gave it to her years ago, but Eva didn’t wear it much she was scared she may lose it.

Half of Eva was nervous and the other half was excited as she channeled her chakra into the cube. Within moments the cube seemed to glide up to Eva’s wrist. Eva wasn’t sure what to say as she looked down at the copy of the bracelet. After a few seconds of processing Eva finally looked up at Den. “So…is this what you do in your free time?” Eva laughed, but she was honestly impressed. She had no idea how one goes about making something like this.

Shizuko laughed as Hiroko wiped of his saliva on the carpet. He followed Hiroko back inside Eva’s apartment. He tried not to prance because he didn’t feel like having Eva coo over him in front of his friends. Although it was practically unavoidable Shizuko knew he was adorable, there was just no fighting it.

Den smirked, "I suppose, I do a lot of things in my free time actually." He often tried to invent jutsu or create new thing using Sanctuary. He hadn't done it as much since becoming a missing ninja, but every once in awhile he still tried to make something new.

Natsumi would follow the other two summons into the room, not wanting to be left behind. She was faster than the other two summons, so she caught up to them quickly and tried to slither around Shizuko again. She would try and attack him from behind, wrapping around his tail if he didn't pay attention and moving up till she got his torso as well. Natsumi wouldn't wrap around him to tight, not like she was strong enough to be able to to anyway, and wait to see what Shizuko's response would be.

While this was happening Den was trying to decide how to tell Eva he was leaving Taki, and how to go about asking her to leave it with him, "So I got a letter the other day, from the leader of Shimagakure." Ge figured that would be a decent way to start the conversation, "He actually has some sort of proposition for me, and wants me travel there and see what it is." After speaking these words Den would pause, and wait to see Eva's response. He wondered what her reaction would be, and how he should respond to whatever she ended up doing.

Eva was very interested when Den said he had gotten a letter from the leader of Shimagakure, but when he mentioned leaving Eva’s heart dropped. She had just made friends with Den and now he was already going to leave her? She supposed she should be used to this by now, but it still hurt. Although Eva was sad he would be leaving she was still happy for him. She tried to give him the best smile she could manage. “Really? Are you going to take his offer?” She figured his response would be yes. Who wouldn’t take his offer?

Shizuko was walking into the apartment when he felt something smooth touch the end of his tail. Shizuko was assuming the “attack” would come soon so he had his guard up. He would quickly pull his tail up and out of reach. If he managed to do this he would attempt to make it the window and start to climb up the curtains. He wondered if both of his friend’s would team up on him, or maybe it was a free for all.

Shizuko also couldn’t help but to hear Den say something about traveling. Shizuko was suddenly worried that he may lose his new friends. Although they may not exactly be red pandas, he had grown quite fond of them. He never would have thought he would have the chance to befriend snakes. When he had first met Natsumi and Hiroko he wasn’t sure if he should trust them or not. Most of the stories he had heard about snakes made them or to be mean or evil, but they were neither. Actually they were nicer than most red pandas, who typically like to be alone.

Den saw Eva try to manage a smile, though it didn't seem genuine. He had hurt her feelings, rather than gotten her excited about his offer from the village leader. Maybe he should just ask her? That would probably be best, seeing as she knew he was leaving now, all that was left was to ask if she wanted to come with him.

"Most likely..... it seems like he might need my help with something." Den paused, his eyes looking at the ground as he realized he felt...nervous. Why did this girl make him feel this way?

"Anyway, I was wondering.... if you'd like to travel with me?" Den would look back up and, assuming Eva was still looking at him, would try and meet her gaze. A shy smile was on his face, it was not an expression he normally wore, "Shima has beaches, and I hear the weather is nice." He wondered if these facts would even actor into Eva's decision. He still didn't know what she thought of Taki, and if she would rather stay or not.

While this happened the two snakes looked up at Shizuko, who was on the window, "I thought you guys were gonna wrestle!" It was Hiroko who talked. She didn't really like joining in rough housing because she was the weakest of the 3. Natsumi was the fastest of them, but overall it seemed Shizuki was more powerful.

"Yeah, I thought I almost had you!" Natsumi chimed in now, doing one of Hiroko's gestures and sticking he rtongue out, pointing it at Shizuko.

Den seemed like he was having difficulty keeping eye contact with Eva as he continued to tell her he was leaving. When Den first asked her if she would go with him Eva wasn’t sure she had heard him right. It took her a moment to piece together what he had said. She also realized that Den was nervous when he asked her to travel with him. Eva found this absolutely adorable, usually Den was very strategic about what he does, so it was nice to see a change in him. Den had started to talk about the weather in Shima when Eva smiled and said “Of course I will.” She would then, if Den allowed her, hug him. She had started to get accustomed to hugging Den, it had been awhile since she had a friend. Plus she also liked the way Den smelled, as creepy as that sounds.

Eva had just moved into her new apartment not long ago, so she wasn’t exactly attached to it. Leaving wouldn’t be an issue for her as long as Den and Shizuko were there. Also if what Den said was true she was going to be enjoying swimming a lot. Eva missed going swimming with her dad, they used to go practically every weekend. She could probably drag Den, Shizuko and Den’s summons to the beach. Eva felt like she could mess with Den a lot if she got him in the water.

As Den and Eva talked Shizuko climbed up the curtains and jumped onto the windowsill. He listened to Hiroko speak and laughed. “Of course we are!” As he said this he pushed off the windowsill with his hind legs, sticking his front paws in the air. This was the stance he would normally use for his “Boo” power, but of course he was just play fighting. He aimed to land on top of Natsumi’s head. He wasn’t sure what Natsumi would do, but he prepared for the worst.