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Hotaru was a bit disappointed in hearing that Sango wasn't in her best shape. He assumed she had come from a fresh night's sleep ready to battle any obstacle that stood in her way. Hotaru nodded acknowledging a fight for another time. He smirked behind his tall collar at the offer to see the famed Sharingan. Suddenly Hotaru poofed into a cloud of bugs and the silk worm disappeared. Yes, Sango had been talking to a bug clone the entire time. If she had been using her Sharingan, she would have easily seen this. This left one question unanswered: Where was Hotaru? He emerged from the sea of drying sheets in the wind. When his shadow had shifted behind the sheets, this was when he replaced himself with a bug clone keeping his original self hidden among the fabric. The bugs slowly returned to Hotaru, slipping underneath his clothing and back into his body with their stomachs satisfied with chakra. It was amazing to see the sheer number of bugs vanish into Hotaru. It was hard to believe there was a enough room inside him for all of them to dwell. He finally spoke saying "I'll hold you to that offer. Until then. It was nice meeting you Sango-chan." With that he flickered away off the rooftop.

"Oi, Oi, young one..." An old man seemed to be resting down under the foilage. He seemed absolutely ancient, the very epitome of an old man. He held a gnarled staff in his hands as he rested with his back to a large oak tree. A sun shade hat covered most of his head and a bottle of sake sat at his side just waiting to be drunk. The old man motioned to Aozame with a gnarled finger wanting him to draw closer.

Aozame sensed the electrical presence above him with his electolocation pores. He sensed the rice ball falling through the air. He lifted his arm forming his hand into an upward claw catching the rice ball. He pushed up his mask exposing his face. He then took a bite out of the rice ball with his sharp teeth. He then hopped down to where the old man was resting. He stepped in front of the man inspecting him. He took note of the bottle of booze not being able to tell if it was full or not. He rolled his eyes as he though 'Great. Another drunk.' He took in a deep breath as he said "Is there something I could help you with? Do you need help getting back to your village?"

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Hisame tied up the bag of Rice balls and walked down the side of the tree. He leveled himself on the branch nearest to The hunter nin and the old man. How long has that guy been there? Not wanting to be disrespectful, Hisame stayed back until the Hunter Nin would be done talking to the old man. Hisame had noticed the blue face on the Hunter when he lifted his mask. Maybe he's one of those shark people. What're there names again. Unsurprisingly, Hisame's memory had failed him again. Hisame wondered if he was a nice guy. At least he doesn't have a high temper. Otherwise that Onigiri would be back in Hisame's face. The Rain ninja tried to listen to what the two were saying.

"Ahhh... Interesting... I must have confused you with someone else." the man began to stand up as straight as he could, seeming to pause at a hunched over level, but then continuing to move vertically, it was as if it was the years were being peeled off like layers of an onion. The man shook the mask slightly and returned to a fresh and clean form the design of a crimson spiral terminating in the center of the mask becoming vivid. Bones and joints cracked as the man became a young hunter once more his bones readjusting themselves as he dropped his guise. He lifted the gnarled staff over his shoulder as he made to leave the area. Adonis called back to Aozame as he was leaving the area. "If your dreams ever happen to change come find me, I'll see what I can do to help you make them a reality, that goes for you too kid. It was strange watching the gnarled staff straighten out into a long black Bo Staff, even stranger watching a evil eye open up on the end of it looking back at the two, another eye surprisingly opening up in the palm of the hand that Adonis had at his side palm facing back towards them.

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Hisame immediately did what the hunter nin told him to. He assumed there was some sort of genjutsu. If it was just visually applied, then he was safe. The pouch of rice balls was rapidly placed in his weapons pouch. The katana slipped off him back, in his hands like lightning. The Rain ninja was quickly in a battle ready stance. He listened intently, for that was his main source of attack and defense now. Hisame had trained many times for a genjutsu such as this. He was much more susceptible to them than most shinobi. Hisame waited for sounds of movement, or further instructions from the Hunter Nin. He assumed that the Hunter was his an ally. Hisame began to question this. I guess I'll just have to trust him for now, and judge as I go along.

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