[Sunagakure] Amakajiba

"It's probably only because you never get out much. The people in the village have known you since childhood. I bet if you went anywhere else, you'd have to fight 'em off with Tessaiga," Youko joked with the young lass.

Hakudoshi accepted the sword given to him by his father, immediately taking issue with its size relative to his body. With his telekinesis, he targeted the obi worn by Aiko, choosing to unravel it and use it as a strap to bind the sword to his back. Once the blade no longer occupied both of his hands, he received a box from his mother, containing all the things he needed to be considered an official shinobi of Sunagakure. With a wide grin, he immediately pulled the forehead protector, only to frown when he saw it. He could already tell this was something he did not want upon his head, so he chose instead to wear it as a belt. "Tokubetsu... Jounin," he said, familiarizing himself with a title he'd never heard of before this moment.

There was one additional thing Hakudoshi was to receive this day. The next gift was a package from Aiko, which included ninja tools and jutsu scrolls. He took special note of the kunai, pulling one from the parcel to inspect it. The boy found its size to be... not quite what he'd ever seen. "These fit my hand..."

"Oh, don't say that, I get out plenty." she said seemingly cross with the man. But it seemed that though he'd accepted all of his presents Hakudoshi took issue with the sizing of his sword. Having no available way to carry it he decided the best course of action would be to untie Aiko's obi and take it to use to wrap up his weapon. As such the girl's kimono came open and her sword fell. Though she caught the latter, her kimono opened, and her eyes widened. "Haku-chan, I would have gotten you one if you wanted. You didn't have to take my obi." the girl said. Benihime giggled just a little then disappeared in a flash. Within a second or two she returned with another obi for the white haired girl which matched the one the boy had just taken. The speed of this was so quick the girl's brow raised. "Onee-chan, do you have a seal in my room?" she asked. "Iie, I just felt like moving a bit faster, I went to the laundry room." the woman said chuckling as Aiko took from her that which she needed to fix her clothes. "You really don't like being naked huh?" she asked the girl, who had bandages over her chest and a skirt on underneath her kimono, and shorts under the skirt. It made Benihime sweat just thinking about it. "Arigatou Gozaimasu, Onee-sama." the white haired young woman said as she turned placing her sword on a workbench and starting to retie her obi. All of this done while not acknowledging what the woman said about her layers of clothing.

When the boy spoke on his rank, Benihime nodded. "Hai, it classes you as a special Jounin. Until you've gotten enough experience to go out on your own, you'll have to take higher level missions with other people. But anything that requires an interrogator, you can handle on your own." she said with a smile. The explanation was likely unnecessary but she wasn't sure if the child was presently reading her mind or not. Moving right along, Hakudoshi had a look over his tools and seemed to note that his own kunai were smaller than the ones he normally saw, Aiko was still tying her obi with her sword resting on a work bench even so she explained. "Hai, they fit your hand. I made them that way, they'll be more effective than they would be if you had to figure out how compensate for wielding ones too big for you right now." She stated finishing tying her obi and placing her sword back where it belonged.

"That would have taken too long. I needed my hands," Hakudoshi said while looking at the kunai in his hand with a furrowed brow. It was explained to him that these were made smaller, apparently by Aiko herself, due to the size of his hands and the greater ease of use they would have. "Sou ka... you made these." Without further ado, Hakudoshi slid the necessary items into an included tools pouch. It seemed he even accepted the usefulness of the scrolls provided to him, and in fact, Hakudoshi enjoyed the idea of training to learn techniques instead of simply taking them from the minds of others. It afforded him a certain sense of accomplishment he didn't normally get. "Arigatou," he said, showing gratitude - for some reason - only toward this particular package.

"Well, that's not fair at all! I spent months on that sword, and I get no thanks," Youko said, seeming genuinely surprised by this occurrence. "You always make swords," Hakudoshi replied. After this, Youko was left standing back, scratching the side of his head with his forefinger. "Uhh... well..."

The small boy's explanation for why he needed her obi was at the very least logical. She let it slide because it was his birthday. Beyond this, Hakudoshi seemed to take from what she said, that she'd created his kunai and then went about fitting all necessary things into his pouch. Soon after thanks were issued, but only directed at Aiko. A smirk came to Benihime's face as her husband seemed to be in awe of the fact that he wasn't thanked. And Aiko seemed to be just as surprised, given thanks from this particular young man was rather rare. "Oh, but when I was upset, I was just over-reacting. Hush up, and feel my pain." the redhead said to her husband as her son added insult to injury by having a very logical reason for not offering him thanks. Aiko for all her composure, simply smiled at young man. "You're welcome, Haku-chan. Let me know if you end up needing more." she said appreciating the small boy's thanks. "Oh or if you want sword practice." Aiko offered the young boy. She figured given her general line of thought he at least knew the basics, eventually she wouldn't mind helping him reach a good level of proficiency. Now that the boy at least had his presents Aiko would take this as an excuse to go out into the village. "See you guys later, I'm hungry." she said heading off into the village in search of something good for her breakfast.

"That's a completely different situation, and you know it," was Youko's retort for the redhead. As these words were spoken by the man, Hakudoshi nodded toward Aiko, taking up his sword thereafter. "Mm! I'm gonna go use this to help out my friend from the mirror now," he said. Of course, Hakudoshi knew exactly the purpose of this new sword, and in remembering his mother's words from prior days, he chose to take her advice about helping others. Without further hesitation or explanation of his actions, the boy teleported away from the forge. This left Youko to sigh. "Ja, Aiko," he said. Once both of the young ones were gone, he leaned his head back and shared a few more words with the remaining Benihime. "Well, there goes the birthday party."

"Nope." the redhead said sticking her tongue out at the man from where she sat. Soon enough, the young woman who'd made the boy his tools and care package was excusing herself from the group to go off in search of breakfast. Benihime waved at the girl as she exited and then her son mentioned going to talk to his friend in the mirror again. It was such an odd thing, she really didn't expect her son to retain the sort of active imagination that was necessary to have a friend that didn't actually exist. But before she could question him properly he disappeared. "Hm, it really astounds me he can even do that. Maybe he's more normal than I give him credit for." she said of her son as he disappeared. Soon enough, Youko was commenting about the missing birthday party at large. "Um, so it is." A sly smirk came over the redhead's face mere seconds thereafter. "How about a private party, just the two of us?" She said motioning the man towards herself.

"I don't know if I'd call it normal to have an imaginary friend who's stuck in a mirror, but... it's almost there," Youko asserted. Either way, he supposed it was a healthy thing for the lad. More importantly, Youko had cleared all orders for the day, for the sake of the child's birthday celebration. Since this was essentially canceled for the time being, he had nothing to do as far as work was concerned. As such, he began moving toward Benihime. "Private parties tend to be more up my alley. I'm in."

Benihime shrugged about the normalcy potential of their son. Of course, she wouldn't know about imaginary friends herself. For the most part of her young life, she had her twin to keep her company. She supposed she always wondered if her son was a bit lonely, perhaps she'd ask him later. But for now, she was still trying to make up for lost time, and given that her husbands approach would have her reaching out for him. She'd aim to kiss him and if she succeeded in this she'd pull away quickly and explain. "We should totally go somewhere they won't look for us." she said her plan was semi-devious but would at least give the run around to most people. "We'll stop by my office, lock the door from the inside, and then just go to our bedroom. No one will look for us there, because they already saw us leave~" she commented as she pecked his lips again. "And then, we'll have the whole morning~" she murmured against the side of his face.

Once within reach, Youko grabbed his wife by the midsection. After only a brief kiss between the two, the latter pulled away to suggest that they choose a different location before moving on. Her plan seemed quite solid, if he were to say so himself. It just so happened, though, that his hakama were already seconds from being removed from his waist. "Ugh, you mean I have to wait several seconds? Fine. Let's go."

"Seconds for an uninterrupted morning." she scoffed kissing the side of his neck. "I offer you gold, the least you can do is be patient." she said a wicked smirk on her face. As she leaned forward once again. "Plus I got new ideas~" she said, in a voice which was delightfully wicked. A second later, she was disappearing, likely with her husband in a flash of crimson light, headed for her Mansion.