The Black Sand Inn ~Iro, Masato, Tatsuya, Kiyoshi~

[UchihaJyounochi]

"Hmmmmm, I haven't seen any letter" Iro said stretching as he went over to greet Masato. "How've you been Kyoudaibun?"

Letting out a small concentrated burst of chakra, he took in his entire surroundings, scanning for what looked to be a letter. "Ah, I think thats it over there on the counter" Iro said, pointing in the general direction.

[Tensei Kaori]

"Ah! You're right!" exclaimed Tatsuya gleefully, picking up the envelope and opening it. It took him only a moment to scan its contents, after which he grinned widely.

"This is great!" he announced to his roomates. "The first page is a welcome letter and an itinerary, but the second page has the big news. There's a festival going on! It'll take place every night - including this one - at sundown except the last night, during which there will be a formal ball for members of both villages. Aaaaah," he sighed, letting the envelope and its contents fall to the counter as he drifted over to his bags, "I bet Shinako-chan will look divine in a yukata~!"

[chuwawa]

Kiyo frowned. Once again, he was reminded of the fact that he was wearing his only clothes.

"These festivals...we don't have to wear anything....formal.....do we?"

Kiyo's eyes shifted nervously from one man to the other, waiting for a responce.

[Tensei Kaori]

Tatsuya shrugged. "Not unless you count festival wear as being formal," he replied simply. "Most people will probably be in yukata and the like... you know, summer stuff. You'll be fine in what you have, at least until we can get you something else. If I'd brought an extra yukata I'd lend it to you, but it'd be too big anyways, I think."

Moving his flak jacket aside, he unzipped his bag and began rooting around for his own festival attire. His formal wear - laid carefully on top - he laid to the side until he could hang it up. "For the dance, I'm sure we'll be able to find something. Someone in this village is bound to have something you can borrow. Aha, found you!" Flashing a grin, the red-haired chuunin began to pull out his yukata, obi, and everything else he'd need.

"So!" he continued, straightening to hang up his formal wear and lay out the rest of the things he'd unpacked across one of the beds. "Is there anyone in particular you all are looking forward to meeting at the festival tonight?"

[chuwawa]

Kiyo scratched his head. "Well....," he thought, contemplating the idea, "It would be nice to finally sit down with Nada-chan again..."

[UchihaJyounochi]

"Is there anyone in particular you all are looking forward to meeting at the festival tonight?"

Iro blushed mildly at this question. "Well... I suppose there is somebody." Iro layed back on the bed with his arms crossed behind his head, trying to stretch out his still-sore muscles.

"I bet Kohana-san will look magnificent," he said with a sigh. He felt a familiar heat creep over his entire face, as he began to turn a deep shade of red.

[Sergeant Tenny]

Masato sighed, looking off into the distance in thought. "Yeah, actually there might be..." Blushing a hot red, he looked to Tatsuya and the others. "Please don't tell anyone, but I'm interested in knowing more about Izumi-san. Tatsuya-senpai... could you tell me more about her?"

[Tensei Kaori]

"Izumi-chan?" Tatsuya asked, somewhat surprised. "Well, let's see.... Izumi-chan's really quiet, and for the most part tends to keep to herself. I think she wants to be close to people - she'll go hang out with the team and stuff - but it's just not in her nature to be a real social butterfly or anything. She's pretty patient with most people and keeps her temper in check, but I fear for the poor soul who manages to get her truly angry. Because even though I'm the hardest hitter on the team, and Shinako-chan's talent with with Genjutsu makes her worthy of calling Hokage-sama 'Aunt', the deadliest member of our team, without a doubt, is Izumi-chan.

"Well," he continued with a laugh after letting his last statement hang in the air for a moment, "it's not that she's super scary or anything. She's actually really nice, even if it does take awhile for her to warm up to new people. Just be patient, and don't try and push her into becoming fast friends right away. But if you ever get a chance to see her in action, take it - within reason, of course. Her skill with weapons is like nothing I've ever seen."

[Sergeant Tenny]

"Hm. Thanks Tatsuya-senpai. So, festival wear is the dress code? Hm." He began to sort through his belongings until he came to a black kimono with a dark green circular design on the back. Walking towards the conveniently placed dressing screen, he began to shrug out of his sleeveless T-shirt. "Well, I'll probably just be standing off to the side anyways. I don't dance, you see."

[Tensei Kaori]

"That's too bad," sighed Tatsuya with a devilish grin, "because I'm sure Izumi-chan will look quite stunning at the dance....."

[chuwawa]

"Pardon me," Kiyo said, finally interrupting the long, uncomfortable silence, "But umm.....who exactly is Izumi-chan?"

Kiyo scratched the back of his head. He felt so out of it lately...

[Tensei Kaori]

"Izumi-chan is my teammate," Tatsuya explained with a grin, winking at Masato. "My very pretty teammate."

[chuwawa]

Kiyo cocked his head to the side, "Pretty?.....how pretty are we talking about here?"

He made his way to the window, "And for that matter...when are we going to the festival?"

[UchihaJyounochi]

Iro finished getting changed into his clothes for the festival; black hakama with a black undershirt and a deep purple haori with gold trim, displaying his clan symbol on the back. He carefully folded his forehead protector and placed it in his bag. "I'm about ready to go myself. How bout everyone else?"

[Tensei Kaori]

"Well," Tatsuya said, tilting his head to the side as he thought, "She has fair skin, icy blue hair, and bright pink eyes. She's pretty, but in a shocking, unusual kind of way. You might have seen her passing out rooming assignments.

"As for when we're going to the festival...." He paused to let Iro-kun speak. "That'll happen as soon as we get ready! I'm changing next!" And with that, he dashed off with his clothes.