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"Wahoo!" Oasis cheered out, quite loudly when the instructor said they had passed. She trotted about in a circle around Hatsuma with a grin plastered wide across her face "we are awesome!" she chanted a number of times before calming down some. "...hn... Ya know what I like to do after doing something awesome." she states wringing her hands together with a mischievous smile. "I like to go to the bath-house and have an equally awesome bath!" she cheers before racing away from the class and down the hall "LETS GO LETS GO!" she cheers as she raced through the doors and out into the streets of sunagakure in search of the bath-house. She knew quite well where it was, yet she always seemed to wander a bit too much when after it.

"Well we have done a large amount of traveling, bathing might be a called for reward..." Hatsuma commented more to herself then to Oasis given the fact the spunky red head was already bolting down the streets in some random direction. "Doesn't she know the bath house is in the other direction?" She questioned as she turned to head the other direction on the street. She had seen the bath house as they passed by to the academy building and her locational memory was pretty keen when it came to buildings with unique designs on them. The bath house was one of these in that it's massive wooden sign bore the strange image of simplistically drawn people, who's genders couldn't be determined, dipping into the hot waters of what looked to be a large blue soup bowl with a white stripe emblazoned on its rim. The imagery was odd indeed but it didn't seem to deter people away from it. Hatsuma strolled along the street noting that there were few people bustling about this early in the day, the bath house seemed to have some business at least as there was a line of people in front of it. As she got nearer she noticed the faces on the lined up people held disgruntled expressions. Pushing her way inside she made her way to the front desk to get some intel on the situation. She paused wondering where Oasis might be she should have been here by now. As she reached the front desk finally she found out why, someone had cut in line and gotten one of the best baths in the place without a second consideration towards the other customers. "Excuse me ma'am, i was wondering if a red headed shinobi has shown up here, she was going to the bath house with me and we went seperate directions... the best bath doesn't concern me so if you could..."

"You must be talkng about Oasis, she went in the changing room just minutes ago, you must be with her you can go on back too!" the woman interrupted and Hatsuma merely nodded and followed instructions to head into the changing room. "You all should know she is my best customer and celebrating! so you can just wait a few moments!..." Hatsuma heard the woman say before venturing around a few corridor and to the bath that Oasis had procured.

"Ah, you are the cause of the trouble..." Hatsuma stated after stepping within the changing room and deciding to wait for Oasis to acknowledge her before proceeding any further.

“I have no preference I will simply use the regular bath… after all the important thing is to become clean…” Hatsuma explained bluntly stepping inside where she proceeded to strip down in a methodical manner being sure the articles were folded and placed into a cubby before wrapping herself in a towel of her own. She shortly made her way towards the washing station nearest the bath of her choice. Once there she grabbed a sponge, soap and water filled bucket from a nearby shelf and sat on the small wash stool provided for this particular bath. Now seat she sat her towel aside on a small table next to the stool, she then started the methodical process of washing her light blond hair. The water caused the strands to darken and compact together from the moisture allowing the soap suds that formed to become clearly visible. Hatsuma ran her fingers through her hair making sure the soap got down to the scalp as she worked the suds through her hair. She wasn’t sure of Oasis’ bathing methods but they were none of her concern since the girl seemed clean enough and didn’t seem to have any strange smells coming off of her so her methods were clearly effective. Finally Hatsuma finished sudding her hair and pulled the wash bucket to just over her head and poured the water from it over her hair causing the suds to cascade from her hair and along her body coming to their final destination of the floor whose drain would surely consume them in time. Hatsuma set the bucket under the water spigot attached to the bath and filled again proceeding to pour it over her hair several more times before setting the full bucket once more at her side. She need only to wash her body then she would step into the bath and soak for a bit.

Hatsuma now moved to cleaning her body creating a soapy foam from the bar and using the rags to apply it to her dark skin. She observed Oasis’ brief moment of elegance which was abruptly ended as she bolted and cannon balled into her herbal bath. “You should be wary of your footing it’s dangerous when the floor is wet…” Hatsuma commented while she continued with her washing. Oasis had pulled a spigot and the bath area filled with a floral fragrance that was cool to the nostrils yet held warmth upon the skin as well. She wasn’t sure of the mixture only that it must be an effective one for relaxing as Hatsuma herself felt a bit more at ease. Turning her attention back to the important duty of cleaning her self she took up the pail of water once more and poured it over her body. She twinged a bit at the slightly cooled water in the bucket and realized she had forgotten to make sure it was warm. Shaking off the brisk feeling of the water she finally made her way to the bath she had selected, by this time the rowdy voices from the customers were beginning to gather in the halls on the way to the public section where it was more of a warm pool then a bath. Hatsuma reached the square bath and propped herself on the edge of the tub with her hands while she stepped over and into the warm water of the tub. Her foot now firmly in the tub she brought her other leg in and proceeded to slump into the water to the point the only thing above the water was her head from her bottom lip up. “This is a good bath house… the water is sufficiently pure…” Hatsuma stated glancing over at Oasis from her own tub making an attempt to strike up a conversation.

“I am aware they can be use by more then one person, I feel that it defeats the purpose of cleansing as well as shortens the time the water remains clean for an individual… perhaps I’ll try the herbal bath next time…” Hatsuma explained making important observations about how long one might stay in the water if it got murky over time from two people occupying one bath. “These baths aren’t like a natural spring the water becomes stale rather quickly, even more so if there is more then one person in a bath.” She added making a note that it would be a different matter were it a desert natural spring. “In honesty I prefer natural springs over baths, they tend to maintain a better temperature and have natural minerals… they also have no cost if you can find them…” Hatsuma explained as she thought back to when she had last bathed at a natural spring in the desert. It was surrounded by greenery and a few palm trees shaded it; there were shrubs that created a sort of natural wall to passer bys though there were never any out that far in the desert aside from her own people.

“I am aware of the name of desert springs, and it is a likely probability that I could show you one, there are five near the village in fact though they are a days walk on average they aren’t as far out as some of the others.” Hatsuma explained as she sat ridiculously calmly within the tub she had chosen. She was so still there was nary a ripple in the water aside from her gentle breathing. The room was silent for a moment before the receptionist entered giving a courteous bow followed by holding up a sealed scroll.

“Ah Miss Oasis and Miss Hatsuma, this letter just arrived by messenger scroll I’ll leave it with your things, and thank you for stopping by to use our baths again Miss Oasis.” She set the scroll in the cubby that had Oasis’ things and bowed once more before turning about and returning to her duties at the front desk.

“Looks like we’ve been summoned for our first mission as well as our gear collection…” Hatsuma commented standing up in the tub before promptly exiting. She grabbed her towel and proceeded in drying the majority of her body. Her hair would take some time indeed and as she finished off drying her legs she proceeded to drying her hair with the towel giving it gentle pats between her hands.

Hatsuma’s hair now sufficiently dried sat heavy over her shoulders as it was still slightly damp however the sun would finish the drying process as it usually did. She made her way to the cubby that held her belongings and proceeded to replace them on her body in a similar methodical manner as when she had removed them in the first place. Flipping her hair behind her ears she turned to Oasis who held out the scroll and said the she was the leader of their team. “I will accept the responsibility then…” Hatsuma stated bluntly taking the scroll from Oasis and rolling it open. She looked it over momentarily quickly taking in the details contained within. “We need to go to the building located near the academy; it has our gear as well as the item that will be the focus of our first mission…” Hatsuma explained tucking the scroll into her sash before turning about to head out the doors of the bath house and make her way towards the building that was described within the instructions. Reaching the reception area she turned to give the woman a bow at the desk in thanks for the use of the baths. Hatsuma assumed Oasis would do the same in her own manner; though she was loud the girl was often respectful of others. Hatsuma turned and took her leave of the building; she would wait outside for Oasis before continuing to their destination.