The Start of Many (P,IO,Zee)

Ketsueki listened to the silence, it was clear she had to think on it, so when she finally did answer, he did not completely believe it, but he did not push either, he simply left it at that, and he nodded, then let out a soft yawn, closing his eyes, he was exsuasted and so the moment his eyes closed , he was conched out.

After a moment soft sounds of sleep escaped his mouth, he was dreaming peacefully and slept well, it was a nice day for it, in the sun with a slight breeze, it felt nice, he could not help himself. He dreamt of his life before the raids, being a farmer with minor skills in the usage of the sword due to playing around as a kid, he had wanted to be a knight when he grew up, not like that dream would come true now. But the muscles and skin shown that history , days in the sunny fields had browned him nicely, and given him toned muscles, what little armor he wore was from his days of hunting the men who took that all away, only to find out , it was these new Ninja of Hoshi, cleaning things up that removed his chance.

Being asleep made him currently oblivious to the world, other then the fact that he was currently comforted.

After a couple of hours went by, clouds rolled in over the sun, waking Ketsueki up with a chill, he looked over to happen to find Shiroi in the shade under a tree, he got up and moved over next to her, sitting next to her under the tree with his back against it, his legs folded cross ways and began to practice the hand signs over again, each and every one that she had taught him earlier, although that Cow one still sounded funny to him.

Now some say that he was really pushing hard, but he was a hard worker, comes from being a farmer, he knew nothing but hard work, so he applied that to his training, starting first with the hand signs, he had to learn those to know if someone was trying to bluff or actually using something. He took his time as he went over each one, studying each sign he made, reciting the names of each one in his head.

Shiroi sleeping next to him he made sure to stay quiet as not to disturb her, quietly he kept going over and over, until he was certain he had it seared like a brand on a cattles rear in his mind. If she was still asleep at this point he would just sit by waiting, he was not going to abandon her out here, but he was not going to disturb her either, she was a Shinobi after all, no telling what her reaction would be.

Suddenly Shiroi had her head on his leg and now he dared not move, for he did not wish to wake her so he laid his head back and decided this may as well be as good a place as any to go to sleep, and so he would. closing his eyes but keeping his ears open, he would stay this way now for a while before he could get back to sleep, unless something happened before he could fall back to sleep.

After Tenma had fallen asleep, Shiroi stirred a tad. She did not wake up much, if at all, nor did she recognize her surroundings, but she did move her arm and lift her head. Her final resting position would be her arm across Ketsueki's lap, with her head resting upon her upper arm. Her legs also adjusted. One curled up along her body, almost reaching Ketsueki. The other, the left, stretched out and was only at a slight angle to her torso, though the knee did bend.

It was about an hour after this point where Shiroi entered her first REM cycle.

The sun began to Set in the west, the very direction that they were facing, and the sudden light hitting him, Ketsueki opened his eyes enough to get blinded by the setting sun, making Ketsueking immediatly jump a little , forgetting about the weight on his lap, which pinned him to the ground, his hand quickly covered his eyes as they adjusted to the light of the setting sun.

Unaware to his surroundings due to getting blinded, he blinked contiously behind his hand waiting for them to adjust, his ears listening to the crickets starting to chirp, and the weight in his lap suddenly made him realize he still had Shiroi asleep on him, rather she was awake now or not he did not know, as the jolt was kinda sudden and hard.

When Shiroi jumped and hit his Elbow, it was his Elbow that was attached to the hand over his eyes, so his hand was just jetted into his face with such force that his head hit the tree behind him, and then she pushed herself up rather roughly, making him keel over in a ball, holding the back of his head, and the other hand on his thigh, he rolled around in pain for a moment before he sat back up asking her "Are you okay?" then he answered her question " I do not know when you feel asleep but i walked over here after I woke up cause I was not going to just leave you in the woods by yourself while you slept, and then you uncurled and laid in my lap, and I did not want to wake you either, so I wound up falling asleep too" he continued to rub the back of his head.