The Start of Many (P,IO,Zee)

Tenma would gently push Shiroi's hand away after he awoke from the fainting and tried to stand up and nods "Thank you Shiroi, but I must stand up" and so he would now at this point, and the moment he got to his feet, sure enough, his eyes rolled, his heart quickened to fast, and dropped back down, this time he would be out for some time as there was no water splash to wake him back up, so he would stay out until he had recouped or woke up by Shiroi.

Shiroi backed off, letting Ketsueki stand up, but she was still weary.

Rightfully so, as she had to dive to catch his fainting body! That could have easily caused a concussion, or worse, if she had not been there.

Her first response was to lay him on the ground, then stick her ear over his heart. There was a beat, but it was super fast. Blood pressure would either be very high or very low.

He needed to rest. She had watched him overexert himself, so some other cause of this fainting spell was unlikely. She picked him up and walked over towards a pond. Splashing water in his face was unlikely to do anything, but she may as well try.

Ketsueki was placed gingerly upon the ground, laying on his back. He was breathing fast. May even be overheating. With a gulp, she began removing clothing from Ketsueki's upper body. Anything on the chest that was tied around the waist she just wiggled down. This would allow his body to cool off if it had overheated, as well as make it easier for him to breathe. Hopefully that would reduce the panting.

Her next task was to get him some water. First, he needed to be in a position where he would not drown if water was poured into his mouth. To achieve this, Shiroi sat on her legs, creating a sort of platform. She then dragged Ketsueki up onto them, leaning his upper body against her chest. She would cup her hands and get some water, before guiding it to his mouth. (There has to be some configuration that makes this possible, just go with it). If he still was not awake, she would shift to a slightly more comfortable position, which would cause Ketsueki's head to slowly descend into her lap, instead of against her chest. From here, she would keep an eye on him. If his situation seemed to worsen, she would take him to the hospital. But that seemed unlikely. If Shiroi knew where he lived, she would have taken him home. Without that knowledge, this seemed an acceptable options.

If it took a sufficient time for Ketsueki to awaken, Shiroi was likely to nod off, her head perhaps coming to rest on Ketsueki.

After Ketsueki had passed out, he did not know what happen, as for his body it responded enough to let Shiroi know that he was alive, but nothing that indicated he would awaken any time soon, so his body just laid there at Shiroi's mercy, but rather she had taken care of him instead of what most would have done, given the oppertunity.

Meanwhile, while he was knocked out, he actually dreamed, but it did not feel like a dream, no instead it was more like a memory, sort of repressed, as it cleared up, it became more clear to him, this was not just any memory ,but a memory of the day his village was destroyed, but there was something happening he did not remember before, he was in a similar situation, on the ground, passing out, but just before hand, he saw his mother trying to protect him.

And in that moment of seeing him mom trying to protect him, something happened, he watched as she grabbed one of the intruders hands with one hand, and the other hand formed a hand sign, one that even now he does not know, and suddenly he saw ice form around her and these needle made of ice pierce the man from many directions, and then he finally passed out from a knock he had caught to the head, with the warm blood dripping down his face.

He felt a familiar dampness on his face now as he was finally recouperating a bit, but it was cold, not warm, and as he opened his eyes, he realized it was water on his face, and he was staring up at a girl, Shiroi, that is right, that was her name, Shiroi, but his head did not feel as if it was on the ground, rather, on something soft and warm, an so when he turned his head he saw it was her lap, Shiroi her self was only just nodding off to sleep it seemed, guess he was out for awhile, so he would sit up, making sure to avoid her head this time, and he would turn so that he faced her and tapped her shoulder if she was not already back to being at least a little more awake then she was .

After getting her attention however Ketsueki would look around and realize the time and nodded to her "So uhm, do you mind if we went to get something to drink, to kill a little time maybe" after that, he had to get something to drink, specially since he had something new to think over, was that really his mom, was that really a memory he just had, and what was that, that she was doing, he had to find out if all this was true or not, but that was to be reserved for a later time, for now he would wait to hear an answer from Shiroi about that drink.

Shiroi was just nodding off as Ketsueki awoke. The sun was falling past the horizon as he rose from her lap. The taps on her shoulder would jolt her awake.

Ketsueki asked about getting something to drink. To this, Shiroi's stomach growled and she would speak up. "I've not had anything to eat or drink all day, so I'm fine with that. You decide the place this time."

Shiroi stood up and arched her back backwards, stretching out the muscles, so as to get rid of the stiffness that had come to settle over her body. She began walking towards town, hopefully with Ketsueki leading the way to some place nice.

Ketsueki had lead the pair into town after accepting his invitation to get something to drink and he would get her something to eat as well, but first to the restruant, he only would look back as he lead the way to see if she was still with him, of course he should know better then to think that he would ever lose her , she was faster then he was, but it was just a precaution to make sure she still had interest for what he had in mind.

Ketsueki needed to try and forget his troubles , the most recent thing that was troubling actually, what he saw when he blacked out, a memory that was long forgotten, mostly due to when it happened, and the events surrounding it, and passing out just before hand as well, he decided on a place that was a little ritzy but it needed a bar, or something, he had to drink to hopefully get a better understanding of what happened, or at least a better handle on it all.

It was a small little almost no name place, hole in the wall kind of joint, but over all rather nice, when Ketsueki entered first, he would ask for a table for two, and would wait for Shiroi who should not be to much further behind him before following the waiter to the table.

After being lead to the tables, they would both be handed a menu, and he would nod to the waiter in thanks as he stared at the menu, trying to think of what to order, after a little bit, he would look up to Shiroi and asked her "What would you like?" waiting to order till after her answer.

Shiroi walked with Ketsueki. When they were close, Shiroi recognized the place. She had never been there, but she had heard of it. It was a bit uppity and posh, but somehow still remarkably laid back. Even such, her clothing felt.. inappropriate. She 'wore' a hoodie dress with what looked like ripped off sleeves. And shorts, but you could not see the shorts. So, she stopped for a moment when Ketsueki was not looking, and did a single hand seal. Her hoodie dress lengthened, and its coloring became very different. It was primarily a navy color, but clouds of reds and purples and even greens spread throughout it. The entire thing had little spots of white, as if small pinholes had been poked in it, revealing a light source beneath. She took the scarf from around her head and, while walking, tied it around her waist with a rather large bow on the left-back side of her body. The village insignia was hidden against her dress, not visible to the outside world.

Her hair grew a bit longer and flattened. She pushed it out of her face, wrapping it around her ears. She thought it somewhat cute, and more fitting of this restaurant than her normal attire. Sometimes it's nice to not stand out, you know? It would also maybe manage to avoid some embarrassing age related conundrum.

Spoiler alert: it didn't. Shiroi walked in with Ketsueki. When Ketsueki ordered a table for two, having not yet looked towards Shiroi, the hostess directed them to the waiter who would be serving them. He looked to be grabbing a kiddy menu, and Shiroi just silently slid her identification on top of his menu's, leaning past but not quite touching Ketsueki to do such. The waiter apologized and grabbed another normal menu, leading the two to their table. Shiroi requested a corner table, and was so obliged. Shiroi fiddled with her hair a little as Ketsueki sat down. Shiroi began to open the menu, but quickly realized she had not used a bathroom in.. several hours. Ketsueki asked what she would like as she stood up. "Um, get me something to drink if he comes around. Something not boring, but also some water. I'll order food when I get back from the bathroom." With that she actually rushed off a little towards the bathroom, though not enough to draw attention from the other patrons.

After reliving herself, she washed her hands, and splashed a little water on her face. She was not totally sure why she did this last bit, but it felt right. After returning to the table, she sat down. Drinks had already been ordered, and Shiroi picked up the menu. "Half Chicken Au Jus" looks good, she said to Ketsueki. "I think I'll get that."



[that end feels SO RUSHED]

Now at this point, as they are being seated, Ketsueki had not looked back now for some time, so when he turned around to sit in his seat across from Shiroi, he paused for a moment, her outfit had changed, not just that, but she was wearing a dress an everything, he did not expect this. He wondered when did she even have time to change tho? He was to much of a gentleman to even ask though. So he would leave it be.

After sitting down it would not be long before Shiroi left asking Tenma to order a drink for her if the waiter came by, So something caught his attention, so he would wave the waiter down to place the drink order down "One Tootsie Roll, and a glass of Water for the lady, and I will have some Sake if you do not mind" He would then wait for the drinks.

After Shiroi returned, the drinks was set on the table , shortly after to be precise, and Ketsueki would pick up the warm pot of sake , pouring some in his small cup to sip on a little as he figured out his food he wanted, Shiroi would place her order at this time and Tenma would nod and look up at him "And I will have the Chicken Cordon Bleu if you do not mind good man" he would fold up his menu and pass it to the waiter after words, that would be all he would have at this point, then he would look at Shiroi with a question on his mind, and it could be seen in his face he wanted to ask it to her.

"Good man," Shiroi said as the waiter walked away, leaning back in her chair. She sighed with one of those 'are you fucking kidding me' sighs before leaning back and taking a swig of her drink. She perked up a bit after tasting it. "Pretty good," she said. She took a longer drink this time, about half of the drink. She wanted to try and figure out what was in it before asking what it was. Tasted like coffee, but not quite. Perhaps decaf? Made sense as it was so late. Shiroi was not much of a coffee drinker anyways, so maybe it was just a fancy coffee.

Shiroi looked over to Ketsueki, and caught the look in his eyes. Mostly when she ended up looking directly into them. Shiroi stopped leaning back against the chair, and instead shifted to be leaning forwards. "Ok, I see you have a question. What's up?"

[We have awhile until the alcohol kicks in so]

Ketsueki would sigh softly and he leaned forward on the table in front of him, looked around after a moment and then back to her " Do you know of any jutsu or maybe even a clan that can from crystaline like structures from seemingly nothing , Sorta like ice is what it looked like" his hands folded together and his eyes looked down at them, thinking to himself what it was about that vision or dream of his, what could it possibly mean.

After a little bit he looked up to Shiroi listening for an answer if she may possibly know anything or not about this, maybe even have to answer why something so strange like this all of a sudden.

Shiroi was surprised by the question. "That's... little out of left field, actually. Um, well, yes. Don't remember much, though. There's a clan that uses Ice release. And there may have been a crystal thing too, but that one seems like it was a myth so, not sure. Don't really remember the name of either though, but a library visit could probably wrap that up."

Shiroi took another few sips from her drinks. She still could not identify what was in it, and only about a quarter remained.