Hope for a relaxing afternoon

[artemis]

Artemis strolled towards the hot springs, stretching a bit. A long morning of training with her uncle had left her stiff and sore. The session had been exceptionally strenuous today, so she didn't feel up for much aside from something relaxing. When the hot springs had crossed her mind, for once leaving Momiji in her father's care she headed out after getting directions from her mother. Grabbing a bag to keep her clothes in she made her way towards it and was soon slipping into the water with a towel wrapped around her. Letting her hair out of their pig tails as she sighed with contentment, "Ahh... That feels good..." She murmured, sinking lower into the water.

[Rachi]

"Yes it usually does." Rachi said in response to her comment as she slipped into the water as well. She had entered directly behind Artemis.

[artemis]

Artemis was startled, "Huh?" She blinked, and turned to see Rachi there, "Hehe it sure does, Hiya." She smiled and greeted the person, whom she didn't remember meeting before now.

[Rachi]

"Hi," Rachi replied, "I don't think we have ever been introduced. My names Rachi." she extended her hand as she said this.

[artemis]

Artemis took Rachi's hand and shook it, "Hi Rachi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Artemis Sephora." She replied, glad to meet a new person since she did not know many people in Konoha till these past few months.

[Rachi]

"It's nice to meet you too." Rachi said, as she started trying to find a more comfortable position in the water. "Had a long day did you?" she asked.

[artemis]

"You could say that... My Uncle is teaching me the family fighting style... Needless to say he discovered some flaws I had acquired and wanted to train them out of me when we began today." She winced thinking of her sore muscles, glad for the soothing hot water of the springs. "It had to be done, but been awhile since I had a session like that." She sunk lower into the water, "Thank God for places like these." She murmured, relaxing in the water.

[Rachi]

"Yeah, these places are geat for relaxing." Rachi replied, looking over at her, "Mind if I ask what your families fighting style is?"

[artemis]

"It's called the 'Goi Sagi Hanteingu' style. or 'Hunting Night Heron'. The Heron is just a symbol in the family I guess, I think my ancestors were probably obsessed with them or something." She chuckled a little. "Sounds like an odd thing to name your fighting style, but the more I learn the more I see there are similarities with how a heron hunts and how we fight." She added, thinking about it now. Plus their family weapon looked like a the head of a heron as well.

[Rachi]

Rachi smiled, "That sounds like an interesting form of fighting." Rachi replied, "I would like to witness it sometime."

[artemis]

"It's interesting to watch when the person knows what their doing such as my uncle, but if it were me giving an example it would look more like a style based on a duck then a heron." She laughed a little at the idea.

[Rachi]

Rachi laughed along with her, "Thats a first, someone in this village actually playing down their abilities." Rachi said through her chuckles.

[artemis]

Artemis giggled, but was being truthful. If anything she wasn't going to brag when she knew full well that she really wasn't all that capable yet. "So what about you?" She asked, turning the conversation from herself to Rachi, wanting to know a little more about this new person.

[Rachi]

Rachi's chuckle cut off abruptly, when this question was posed to her. "Well to day, I got the shock of my life." Rachi said, in a quiet voice. She did not go into the details.

[artemis]

She blinked, tilting her head to one side. "That can always make a day, or break it..." She replied, wondering if it had been good or bad with the way Rachi's voice sounded. However beyond that she didn't ask, she left gap open for Rachi to say more if she wanted. But she wasn't going to pry if Rachi had no desire to speak about it.