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Mitsuko set the furniture in place and noticed that there were decorations needed. Making a few handseals, she shaped some clay in her hands and made several bunnies. They came alive and started wandering around the room. Mitsuko sighed, as they were her only companions in this lonely place. Leaving the "mansion", Mitsuko decided to go to a ramen bar.

Mitsuko sighed and sat down at an obscure corner in the bar. She didn't like attention, and now that she's Mizukage her entire village is making fun of her. Whoever heard of a Mizukage that's not yet old enough to drink sake. Mitsuko looked around and almost dropped her bowl...She rubbed her eyes and checked to see if it was a hallucination. Her mother said that coincidence did not exist. What happened had to happen and couldn't have happened any other way. It was her best friend, and someone she missed dearly for a long time.

Mitsuko smiled as Neoshin spat the bartender in the face. xp That was Neoshin all the way...It was her first true smile in a long time. Ofcourse, his shouting attracted quite alot of attention, and Mitsuko was suddenly surrounded by the pesty media-nin from her village. They appear out of nowhere and leave no trace...and they capture all your blunders on video. Mitsuko strolled over and leaned towards Neoshin, whispering into his ear:"let's get out of here, these reporter ninja can be quite troublesome..." Mitsuko then led him by the hand out of the bar to the calm riverside for some conversation.

"well, I guess I always wanted to be Mizukage. But nobody mentioned the lack of appreciation that comes with the job. I have to stay at my own house, not some fancy mansion. They don't cheer me on but they send me loads of paperwork. There's an average of 15 murders a day in the mist. My job is to change that and make this village a bit more peaceful." Mitsuko answered. The river flowed silently, and Mitsuko can just make out a decapitated head bobbing along the surface. She didn't alert Neo about it incase he threw up. Meanwhile, the birds were still singing regardless of anything that happened in the human realm. They were in their own world, and nothing harms them.

Mitsuko thought about it...if she had the choice of making her life easier, would she do it? But then there will be no joy of accomplishment, no feeling of being worthy, and no true friends or comrades. Mitsuko was interrupted when one of her non-explosive clay bunnies jumped onto her lap and rested there. Another one jumped into Neoshin's lap and expected attention. Mitsuko smiled again, and rejoiced in the fact that she was able to smile, that despite so many struggles, not much had been able to change what truly makes her happy.

"you care about others, Neoshin" said Mitsuko as she petted her own creation. "and that is a quality of a Kage. I've seen people attain strength by any means possible. And they have, in effect, become leaders in their own villages. But they hope only to gain power and knowledge..." Mitsuko paused for a bit, collecting her thoughts, and then continued:" The only help I need from you is perhaps encouragement, but you must never change, because then...perhaps I shall lose faith in myself." Mitsuko didn't say anymore, there was alot of things on her mind, but there was no need to speak them all. The predatory media-nin started stalking her again, and her shark senses told her that they were dangeroously close.

Mitsuko stood up and said goodbye to Neoshin, and then made a single handseal, disappearing into the quiet banks of the river to leave Neoshin to deal with the reporter ninjas)

"Why yes, I do." Kisame placed his sword back in its strap. "Then can you teach it to me, mister?" Manda took off his shirt and pants because they got wet and if he stayed in them, he would have gotten a cold. "There's no exact secret to the skill. You must be a dodo if you don't know how to." Manda suppressed his anger from surfacing. "Well I don't, so can you just tell me?" Kisame grinned. "Idiot. You have gills, don't you? Just use it to breathe underwater." Kisame jumped into the water to demonstrate. Meanwhile, Manda stared blanky into space. ....That's it? I can't believe I didn't figure something like that out. Manda groaned and jumped into the water.

4/7 Water Breathing Skill

"Eh? Liar. A technique that advanced...To think that a genin could learn such a high-skilled level technique. Well, you're a rare one.....Hey, I've been eyeing that sword for a while now. Do you know how to handle a sword like that properly?" Manda took it out of its sheath and looked at it. "Actually, I don't...Are you going to give me sword lessons?! Awesome!!" Manda jumped up and down on the water. "So what are you going to teach me?" Kisame eyed Manda carefully. "Well, judging by the way you're holding that sword, I'm going to have to teach you the basics. First of all, you're holding it all wrong. Hold it like this..." After showing Manda the proper way to hold a sword, he went on to the next lesson. "This is going to take a while. What did I get myself into?"

6/7 Water Breathing Skill