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Not long after a return from the Land of the Moon, Youko appeared at the forge's side in a flash of white light. It was late, but a conversation with the girl named Aiko let him know she was on her way here a few minutes prior. Assuming she was, he would immediately scan for her to deliver a bit of missing information about her upcoming mission/trial.
Aiko would soon enough approach the forge, she wasn't wearing her normal kimono and instead simply walked around in a pair of over-sized hakama and a pair of socks with bandages wrapped around her chest. Such was normal for her when she was going to be in the forge for a while. She was a bit shocked of course, to find Youko there as well, her brows came together in abject confusion. "Onii-sama?" she questioned only to have her face break into a smile. "You forgot something... didn't ya'?" she asked as she began moving around the forge collecting the materials for the creation of two blades which she had in mind.
"Konbanwa," he said upon confirming Aiko's approach, and being on the receiving end of her confusion. It seemed she knew exactly why he had appeared here after a moment of thought. "No. Well... yes," he said while producing a single scroll for her use. "You'll need this for sealing your prey's pelt. Also, don't use any jutsu you've picked up from being a ninja. This is a test of your hunting ability, and nothing else. No nature transformation, no Rasengan, no Shukaku... you know the stuff. You'll have to figure out a way to take down the Kouga with your abilities as a Hunter."
Having found the pieces of metal she wanted to use, she began heating them. Soon enough, Youko was handing her a scroll which was very odd to her she gave it a glance over and then tucked it into her obi. "Hai hai," she said the further explanation of what she was, or rather wasn't allowed to do in completing this task made her look up from the fires at the man across from her. "So, I can't do jinchuuriki stuff, and I can't do ninja stuff..." she thought about it, and though it would be a bit of a pain she supposed she could get away with just a weapon and skill alone. "Onii-sama, that sounds unnecessarily difficult. I mean, I'm still gonna do it, but it's a lot." she said as she started hammering away on a short warm piece of metal. One would notice this was considerably shorter than what would be used for a standard katana, but that was her intention. "Any thing else? I am expecting you to tell me I have to blind myself and not wear clothes next. In which case, I am going to protest heavily," she joked as she busied her hands with her new work.
"Right, and right," he confirmed. "I did say the trials were no easy task. Don't worry; the Kouga clan isn't full of ninjas or anything. You'll do just fine." Youko spared a glance or two at the tool being created by Aiko as he spoke. By the first look, he knew what she was going for; the rest were simply to enjoy watching the craft. He thought hard to confirm whether there was anything else for Aiko to know, but he could come up with nothing. "I think that's about it. Have fun." With that said, Youko vanished as quickly as he'd initially appeared.
Aiko spared a glance in this man's direction. "I'm not worried. I figure it will be fine, though I thank you for the vote of confidence~" she mentioned soon enough she'd reached the proper thickness and shape for the weapon she was creating and as such its shape needed to be set. She quenched it in a nearby bit of oil and left it to set while she started on the next one. It seemed that Youko was intent to at least gaze at her craft a bit, he always was but soon enough he was gone as well. "Hai hai, ja ne, Onii-sama," she said to the man and after a while she was alone with her thoughts while she worked on the proper katana of her set. It would be while she was in the middle of this that she would have a very interesting thought. Which was, she hadn't been gone for more than a few days, since the birth of the village leaders child. She fully acknowledged that she likely spent more time with the young boy than any other than his parents. This thought led her to the idea that she should probably make sure to say good bye to him before she left.
A couple of hours after she had this set of thoughts she was fitting two sharpened blades into their casings and putting the finishing touches on them. In addition she'd also created another few sets of minor kunai which she would present to the young boy when explaining why she'd be gone. A smile came to her face a she finally finished her set of works which were a standard katana much like the sealed form of her given tool Tessaiga. And a much smaller wakizashi which was made more like a shirasaya which was something like the secondary sword she used to carry. She slid both of these weapons into their sheaths and activated the full moon state of her Kekkei Genkai to have a look and figure out if the small boy was awake yet. Knowing if he was, he'd likely come to her given he'd know she was looking for him.
Mere moments after the activation of Aiko's Kekkei Genkai, the young lad Hakudoshi appeared in front of her, making eye contact from the instant of his arrival. He had indeed been awake at this hour, but he had nothing to do, so he was quick to react when he sensed Aiko seeking him out. "Training?" he asked, taking note of the tools Aiko had created, and assuming they were for a quick sparring match.
"Hmm, that was much quicker than I imagined it being," she said with Hakudoshi's rather sudden appearance in front of her. He'd made eye contact upon doing so, but that had only served to make the older white haired girl smile. His question though made her realize exactly how much time she spent with this young man. "Not this time Haku-chan," she said she then reached for the two swords and set them into her obi, behind her back so she'd be able to draw both of them if she needed to. "I am about to leave for a while, I am actually not sure how long," she said offering the young man a pat on the head with her left hand she used her right to grab a couple of scrolls and offer them to him as well. "I made you some more kunai, since I don't know how long I'll be gone for," she mentioned. Ever thoughtful, among the things done while she created her swords were making more weapons for the boy she'd spent all her spare time with. Even so, this didn't change what she needed to do or why, and given his own abilities to read minds she figured he'd understand the reason for her extended absence.
"I was bored," the boy replied to the mention of his quickness. He was then given the answer to his query, which was not what he had hoped for upon receiving this summons of sorts. Still, a peek into the girl's mind gave him some insight to the situation. Since he had his answers, he accepted the items handed to him, and spoke on the matter. "Hai. I'll just play with Kanna in our head place while you're gone."
"Sou ka..." she said, finding his boredom to be reason enough for him to come with such quickness. Moving right along, it seemed the young man easily accepted the reason for his summoning as well as the gift provided by the white haired lass. She was quite glad he'd have something to do, to stave off unending boredom while she was absent but the idea of the head place was something new. "That's new, so you two have a head place. And you can play together," she repeated this because it was odd. But knowing his imaginary friend, wasn't quite as imaginary as they'd previously thought, she it assumed it to be some sort of twin connection, which remained along with the girl's consciousness. "That's a relief, you have Kanna-chan to keep you company. I was worried you'd be really bored while I was gone," she said offering the boy another smile she stood a bit straighter. "Alright then, I'll be back as soon as I can. Ja, Haku-chan~" the girl said walking off. She had to get proper clothes for her journey but after she would indeed be leaving the village for the start of what would be a rather arduous journey.