[Sunagakure] The Lost Aqueducts

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A relic of times where the Sunagakure wasn't surrounded in only sand. The Aqueducts used to carry water down from fresh water oasis at various points around the village and give the center a thriving environment. Now this ancient engineering feat is nothing more than the skeletal remains of the lost Sunagakure. Of course, it has been unearthed in recent times, and is most actively used as a battle ground or random entrance to one of the many buried treasures to be found beneath the village.

Early morning, the young, male son of Sunagakure's Kazekage and Jounin Hanchou appeared within the forgotten aqueducts, bringing his mother with him. He appeared in mid-air, seeming to be in a sitting position, though he righted himself and landed smoothly on his bare feet upon arrival. He was prepared for combat, and the red-haired woman had agreed to play around for a bit. However, there was a bit of curiosity in the lad. "I don't know this place."

The red haired Kazekage who'd been previously sitting was soon teleported to the place of her choosing. Though she often shifted herself through her Hiraishin, to various other places in sitting positions and otherwise, she was still more than a bit stunned that it'd been done so smoothly with nothing but the boy's ability to teleport them. Beyond this, she wasn't really used to relinquishing control of her movements as such she seemed to rather comically flap her arms and legs around a bit. "Shit." with quick reflexes she turned her body around rotating her spine and landed on her feet with her hands on the ground. This posture made her look a bit like a wild cat not that it mattered. She soon recovered and stood, beginning to rotate her shoulders and hearing the question her son had to offer her. "Hmm, I guess you don't really leave the center of the village much, huh?" she said rhetorically before she explained. "This place is an abandoned Aqueduct, I run through here sometimes... but no one ever comes here so we don't have to worry about 'terrorizing the villagers' or anything." she said, with the start of terrorizing she used her hands to make quotation marks in the air, this was something she'd been chastised for from time to time by various elders in the village, who though what the redhead considered play was a bit extreme.

As strange as this venue was to Hakudoshi, it was apparently a place within the confines of the village. It was also a place with a name very unfamiliar to the lad. "Aqua Ducks? That's redundant," he said, looking around the area. "There aren't any ducks here." These apparent "ducks" aside, Hakudoshi was here for one reason: the fight. As such, he performed the warm-up stretches he had grown used to in training with Aiko, and gained a more serious expression when Benihime spoke of villager terrorism. "They shouldn't all be so weak," he retorted with puffy cheeks and a furrowed brow.

As Benihime finished her stretches her young son seemed to take issue with the naming of this place. A bit of a chuckle came from the woman as she ran a hand through her hair and explained to the young man about the ducks. "You're priceless, Little One. But it isn't named after an animal. It's named after its function. It's an old channel used to funnel water to places that don't have water." she explained. "A duct." She finished, and found the right amount of necessary stretching had been done. It seemed her son had already been getting in at least a bit of practice from his older sister like companion as he too stretched a bit, his reaction to potential village terrorism was about normal for a child but Benihime sighed just a tad. "Well, not everyone can be strong from the start, Hakudoshi. Some people are trying, and need more time. I am like that." she said done stretching she took a breath and calmed herself. "And some people's strengths lie in things other than fighting..." she meant what she said, but her strengths were generally combat based, as such she strung together three hand seals rather quickly and create a torrent of water from the palm of her hand. Part of the other reason she'd chosen this place was for her son's present affinity. She knew a few water jutsu and thought to maybe give him a couple more for his skills. 'Suiton: Hahonryū' she thought as the spiral of water in her hand soon launched towards the small boy's torso, in a few spirals which were well beyond enough to bruise the average person.

"Hmph. Stupid name," Hakudoshi said, once again in a huff due to the fact that this was now the second time in two days he'd had such a problem with words. By the time he finished stretching, Benihime had clarified to him that strength wasn't something most were simply born with, and that there were strengths other than fighting. Most importantly, she stressed that she was one such person whose strength didn't come naturally. Hakudoshi couldn't quite agree with this. "Iie. Kaa-san's always been strong," he said.

When the Water Jutsu was thrown his way, Hakudoshi responded with the only Ninjutsu in his arsenal which could be used by him quickly. A spiral of chakra formed a solid orb - a Rasengan - in his right hand, only to be swiftly thrown toward Benihime's projectile. When the Rasengan and the Tearing Torrent collided, Hakudoshi's technique seemed to swallow the latter. This created massive amounts of water vapor, forming a water vortex with a violent rotation and a solid barrier between the two combatants.

"Sugoi," the boy said to the visual before his eyes. It was then that he chose to take the offensive, using a form of the Rasengan he had created with his first test of it. With both hands, he spawned five total Rasengans in tandem this time, all packed within a single orb of chakra half the size of his body. A shift of his hands sent this orb hurdling toward the Kazekage, effectively wiping the water vortex Hakudoshi had been momentarily fascinated by from existence as it passed through.

Benihime couldn't help but chuckle at her son's reaction to the information about the place called an Aqueduct. She'd spoken to him twice now since she'd been back and both times, she'd gotten to see his childish side to go along with the more complex parts of the boy's personality. Even so, it seemed her young son didn't believe that his mother was not always as strong as she presently was. "I don't want you getting the wrong idea, Little One, I really wasn't always as strong as I am now... there was a time when I couldn't perform jutsu at all." She mentioned seeming to find his faith in her inspiring but also a bit misplaced. But before she could harp on that further the attack she launched was met by a Rasengan, which wouldn't have been shocking at all, if he hadn't thrown it. "What the fuck!" There was much surprise in the woman as this happened. The fact that their attacks collided and became one of greater power, was secondary, though something to be tucked away. "Did you really just throw that?" She asked aloud, so that he wouldn't have to prob her mind for her exclamation, nor the reason behind it.

But before the tornado dispersed the young boy was throwing another of the large spiraling spheres full of Rasengan. The woman's eyes widened as it was launched through the previous combined attack. 'Well shit.' she thought, though this wasn't nearly the worst thing to happen, she'd have to resort to a fast dispersal of the technique, instead of waiting to see what it did. She summoned through seals on her wrists two of the Hiraishin Kunai, one she tossed into the air with a precision that sent it flying several meters up and outwards behind her back far enough to clear the canyon. The other she held in front of herself, to erect a barrier mere seconds before the ball would have struck her. This would warp the attack and if one looked it would next be seen up and above the canon to the point of the other weapon and at least, out of range of both herself and the Village, though it was bound to be a bit startling to anyone who happened to see it. Not that it would be there long, now that it wasn't impending doom for the crimson haired woman, she did a series of six hand seals and then exhaled a rather large ball of fire. Upon doing this, it would be sent up towards the huge sphere the boy created forcing two large attacks to collide which would end in a flaming ball in the sky exploding outwards as the two chakras mixed. "Hmm, I like that though..." the red head had a brightness in her eyes which could only be associated with a minor bit of pyromania. "No but seriously why can you throw it?"

The boy's brow furrowed when he was told his mother was once what she would classify as weak. He couldn't wrap his mind around such a thing, as he had only ever seen a great deal of chakra coming from the woman. His first proper attack against her was transported out of harm's reach, and subsequently assaulted with a fire technique. This was a shame, as Hakudoshi thought it to be a reasonably powerful attack, and was keen to see what the full version of it could do. However, the Kazekage's concern seemed to be the fact that he threw he defensive Rasengan in earlier moments.

He wasn't quite sure how to respond to Benihime's question. He had used the Rasengan as a projectile, but such a thing made nothing but sense to him. "It's a ball," he said plainly, as if common sense were the only factor in this. "Balls get thrown. Don't you play with balls?"

Benihime couldn't help but watch in awe of her fire attack consuming something else. This was one of the odder things about her, but she wouldn't get to bask in this particular moment for very long. Her son, seemed to find a flaw in her very reasonable question, and beyond that his response and the follow up question made Benihime stare at the young boy blankly for a few seconds. She couldn't yet formulate the words which would detail why throwing a Rasengan shouldn't be possible, instead she found his, 'Don't you play with balls?' question to be the funniest thing she'd ever heard. It would start as a small giggle but eventually it would bubble over into a full on laugh which would have the red haired woman holding her stomach and barely breathing. It wasn't just what he said, it as that he said it so innocently, as if the red head were simply clueless in not understanding what to do. "BWAHAHAHAHAHA~~" is all that was heard before the noise stopped and the red haired woman seemed to be red in the face as she tried to get herself together. About a full minute there after, she took several deep breaths while fanning herself gently with her hands. "Oh! Hell, I haven't laughed like that in ages... There is a reason I asked that, and I suppose it's easier if I show you." the woman formed the Rasengan in the palm of her hand over a second or two, then tried to throw it. Upon doing so it would leave her hand and immediately disperse. "That." she said between giggles. "That is the problem."

Hakudoshi's head tilted when his simple response resulted in such hysteric laughter from the redhead. There was a high amount of curiosity from the boy surrounding this outburst, but again, he was making a very conscious effort to not read the woman's mind at present. "What's so funny?" he asked. When Benihime went on to speak, he assumed the laughter was due to this apparent reason for her question. Of course, Hakudoshi had little to no experience in simply making assumptions about people.

Benihime's answer came with a demonstration of her own Rasengan, which she threw in the same manner he had done previously. Hers, however, dispersed moments after release, causing Hakudoshi's head to tilt in the opposite direction. Upon watching this, he came to a simple conclusion. "That's 'cause you did it wrong. You gotta use your green chakra," he said. As if to demonstrate, he created another sphere, only to begin kicking and headbutting it around like a hacky-sack.

When Hakudoshi asked Benihime what was so funny, she couldn't give him a proper response. She finally managed to get herself together she answered the only way a parent could in such a situation. "You'll understand when you're older, Little One." She mentioned swiftly moving right along. At the formation of her Rasengan her son seemed to find fault with her creation of it. The fact that he did made the red head roll her eyes, beyond this he mentioned green chakra and that was confusing too. "My... green chakra?" The woman questioned. Given her son's age, and his constant use of the Oborozuki she assumed this as something she'd have to see to understand. With that she activated the Kekkei Genkai she'd recently been given in her special moon state. Upon doing this, she could see the different colors of chakra all around and feel them to an even greater extent. Such was rather annoying to the woman, but she'd do this to figure out what the boy was getting at. After doing so she reformed her own Rasengan holding it in her hand but when she did it, it was still simply the way it was, comprised of her own chakra. The one the child played with though, did have a green hue all around it, she didn't understand. "Yeah, I'm not getting it. Toss me one of yours." she said to the small boy, she was here to play with him, and at present she was pretty sure she could simply catch the attack without it erupting against her.

"Mm! The green one!" he said. He continued toying with the Rasengan he'd most recently crafted, until Benihime mentioned wanting one of his to look at. "Hai hai!" Since he already had one at the ready, Hakudoshi chose to knock the existing sphere in the woman's direction. He did so not in an offensive manner, but simply by bouncing it into the air to let it descend presumably into her hands when it reached. After all, this one was not meant to be used in an attacking manner; only to show what he meant by green chakra. Hakudoshi was under the assumption that the actual fight had been momentarily put on hold.

Benihime soon at her son, kick his toy Rasengan towards her, their fight momentarily stopped so she could figure out this thing that was currently bothering her. Surprisingly enough, the sphere didn't shatter or rupture and she caught it in her right hand with little to no problem. But once it was caught she could feel what about it made it different from her own and this caused a look of utter shock to cross the young woman's face. She immediately began examining the sphere pulling a tiny piece of it off. Once she had it, she held it on the tip of her finger, and felt its energy prickle across her skin. This was something she'd felt before but...

"That shouldn't be possible." she said having finally realized what it was about her chakra in her Rasengan and the one in Hakudoshi's. It's composition was indeed similar but the green chakra the young boy mentioned wasn't anything that could be produced by normal means. It was senjutsu chakra. In the moment she realized this, her heart skipped a beat, and she felt that same odd pang in her chest. She was extremely proud of Hakudoshi, but use of this kind of chakra usually came with extreme training and concentration. Hell, it'd taken the woman longer to master its use than this child had been alive. And even then, she hadn't thought of the application to techniques like her Rasengan. The look on this woman's face was something between childish and depressed. She sort of wanted to curl up in a ball, and lament her failures as she was getting schooled by a six year old. Specifically one she birthed herself. In fact, this thought was so prevalent in the woman's mind that she was soon stooped over poking at the Rasengan created by her son with a finger a bit of a brooding mood taking her over.

By the time Benihime finished inspecting the first Rasengan, Hakudoshi had created two more. He played with these simultaneously, by similar methods to that which he used for their predecessor. All the while, Benihime seemed to sulk over the apparent impossible nature of the thrown Rasengan. "It's possible! All you gotta do is put the green chakra on the outside to hold it together." With that said, the boy hopped toward his mother, still bouncing Rasengan spheres into the air repeatedly. "What's wrong? Don't you have green chakra? I've seen it before."

Hakudoshi's explanation of what had to be done to create the Rasengan was rather spot on. Of course, she fully understood this after touching the first one he'd made, but it wasn't unlike him to not understand why she said it wasn't possible. To be fair, she thought she'd have to explain this a bit anyway, and given that information and the boy's words about the green chakra she sighed. "Nothing's really wrong, I just got a major reality check and I don't really like it." mentioned the redheaded woman. "As for green chakra, I can use it, Little One, but it requires a change in form. One which required a special summoning contract, and the complete faith of said summon. As well as about a decade of training." she said these words and they sounded bitter even to her so she exhaled.

"Sorry, that sounded bitter... I am just disappointed in myself." the woman stopped speaking for a second and began the collection of natural chakra from around her. With her new Kekkei Genaki active, this was a faster going process than she generally expected it to be. Soon enough her body was fueled with enough of this 'green' chakra as her son called it. To trigger a transformation which included claws and whiskers etched into the woman's face. It also produced fangs in her mouth and bristled her already wild hair. "Alright that should do it." she mentioned, then she reformed the rasengan making sure to add in the senjutsu chakra to the outside of it. Doing so she made one roughly the size of a soccer ball frowned. "Ugh, I feel dumb now." That being stated she bounced this ball around her knees a couple of times until she was sure she'd actually done this right.

"Why? Why would you even have to check something that's real?" the boy asked. Sometimes, things would be said that went completely beyond the realm of Hakudoshi's comprehension, and recently, this seemed to be a more regular occurrence. Moving on though, Benihime went on to absorb Senjutsu Chakra, which Hakudoshi watched flow into her being as she transformed. The boy wasn't certain why this transformation was necessary, but his mother at least made a Rasengan capable of leaving her hand.

"It's not dumb. You have to build up green chakra; it's no big deal," he said for a bit of reassurance to the woman. At the same time, he bounced both of his Rasengans into the air simultaneously, catching them in each hand when they descended. "Are we still fighting?"

Her son's lack of understanding of the random phrases people could speak, made her wonder if he wasn't missing out on a great deal of interactions with normal people. "It's a figure of speech, Little One. It basically means I realized something, I hadn't known before, in a way which will have a lasting effect." she explained. Not wanting another incident of the boy simply replacing words in statements to his embarrassment.

Moving right along it seemed the young boy was perfectly capable of at least trying to assure his mother that she shouldn't feel bad about her current situation. It made the situation slightly worse for her, that she was being comforted by her child on such a matter, but it also made her quite happy that he was around right now. "That's... really sweet Hakudoshi~" she said. Thinking about it she might as well use the form she currently had to continue to fight the young boy before her, at least to give him a bit of variety in the kinds of things he faced off against. "Yeah, we can keep going if you aren't tired yet, come on." she said, though contrary to her words the red head who was tossing around the ball around her knees instead launched the rather large Rasengan at her son to restart their battle. Her use of Senjutsu chakra, was one which allowed her a bit of additional speed and some interesting variations on her jutsu as well.

"Sou ka... reality check," he repeated. With that, he seemed to have locked the phrase away in his mind for later. There was a good chance this knowledge would become useful at some point in the young male's life, but for now, he was more concerned with the battle which his mother agreed to continue. To Hakudoshi's expectation, she would be using the very same large Rasengan she'd created in prior moments.

The incoming Odama Rasengan prompted Hakudoshi to throw his pair of normal spheres outward. This may have looked strange, but by using his telekinesis, he brought them back toward each other to slam them into Benihime's attack and force the explosion of all three between the combatants. He also erected a barrier to hold off the concussive force released by this collision, and created a mass of Rasengans afterwards - ten in total - to let hover behind him in a ring-like fashion.

Her son, having learned his new phrase for the day, moved on to defending himself from her coming Rasengan ball. His way of doing something about this, was rather novel, and something the red head could at least respect. Still, after the explosion her son then created ten smaller Rasengan and closed himself off in a barrier. She looked at it and her eyes widened just a bit, "Really?" she said aloud once more seeming to not understand how the small boy had enough chakra to do this. Beyond this point, in looking at her son, she realized though he'd been doing these massive things the entire time they'd been playing, he wasn't losing any chakra from it. Even so, she'd use this time to test the effeciency of her skills, a single use of the hand seal tiger would lead to something very different. "Katon: Ryūen Hōka no Jutsu." This jutsu would be used as the woman exhaled creating 10 dragon head like fire balls complete with fangs. Created in this sage form, she'd control the trajectory of each so that they were aimed for the arrangement of Rasengan around the small boy. This would create 10 fiery explosions around the boy's barrier aiming to rattle it a bit before the red head herself jumped at the thing from above aiming to release a downward kick to it, she'd hope would have enough power to break into the barrier and fall upon her son instead.

After erecting a barrier and forming numerous Rasengan, Hakudoshi seemed to have an idea which brought a grin to his face. Benihime's attack seemed to be targeting his Rasengan ring, and from within his barrier, the boy merely allowed these techniques to collide. Even ten fiery explosions behind him did nothing to harm the barrier. The same could be said of the downward kick brought upon it by the woman herself, though Hakudoshi abandoned the barrier immediately afterwards.

"Kaa-san! I had an idea!" he said as he teleported several meters away. There was one jutsu in the boy's arsenal which he could use quickly, but required hand seals, as it only needed one. Performing the hand seal: Clone allowed him to produce a single Shadow Clone at his left side. One may note that, while Shadow Clones typically divided the user's chakra evenly, Hakudoshi's seemed to double instead for some reason. Only when the clone was made did the child feel capable of showing this new technique; not because he didn't have the power alone, but simply because he couldn't hold it by himself. Each version of Hakudoshi raised both hands to the sky, focusing half the necessary chakra for the technique.

"Kyodai Rasengan!" he called out. Above Hakudoshi and his clone, they created a Rasengan of massive proportions; one large enough to carve out the walls of the aqueduct on either side, while having enough impact on the general area to blow away the water below. "I did it!"

Ten fiery explosions took place, much to the delight of the Kazekage. But soon after, there was the matter of the boy's barrier which didn't crack under pressure, not that she figured it would, she'd actually intended to continue with something else after the first hit, but he soon abandoned it, leaving her to fall through and he teleported away. His claim that he had an idea seemed to have her attention so she smiled preparing to see it. "Alright then, show me." she said, always willing to see the new things her son came up with. But is startup for whatever jutsu he was planning was curious. Mostly because the first thing he did was create a clone. This clone though, was stranger than any she'd seen before.

'That doesn't make sense.' the red head thought in the knowledge that the two clones created by the young boy seemed to contain the same amount of chakra as the boy had originally. Doubling wasn't really within the realm of possibility. But before she could even properly question that, there was the technique the boy had come up with using his clone. It had required both him and the other version of himself to hold, a Rasengan so massive the small woman had to turn her head up to look at it. She then looked back down at the boy and his clone and discovered something her eyes didn't want to believe, but that her skin felt was true. 'He didn't lose any chakra. He did that... and he could just keep going.' Benihime was stunned, amazed, proud, and a little jealous. She simply couldn't express all of this at once. "That's stunning, really! I... just... need..." the woman started to speak and would disappear into a flash of crimson light, taking her, surprisingly enough, to the forge to speak with her husband about what she'd just seen.

His new form of the Rasengan seemed to be received in a very peculiar manner. It was as if the boy's mother didn't have a proper response to the sight, and in fact, she chose to leave the vicinity via Hiraishin mere moments later. Once left alone, Hakudoshi did not know what to do with himself. The Kyodai Rasengan vanished, restoring proper water flow to the area. A few moments later, Hakudoshi was sitting cross-legged in front of his clone, with the two simply staring at each other.

Several moments after her initial disappearance Benihime reappeared right between the two seated Hakudoshi, on a seal she's placed in this particular tunnel during one of her many runs through here. As she did she seemed a bit stunned, and her appearance would be slightly different. Her hair and clothes were still soaking wet, and the woman herself would be pushing wet locks out of her face. "Gomen, Little One... I was a bit shocked. Then I got distracted." she said without specifying the reason for her distraction.

The woman's reappearance was slightly startling for the young male. In fact, he momentarily forgot his intention to avoid reading her thoughts. She mentioned her surprise at the technique he'd used, and spoke of some distraction. In this moment, he heard everything else she thought at the time. "You and tou-san are still weird. You should fix it," he said while staring blankly at the Kazekage.

Benihime's appearance had apparently slightly started her young son, but she'd already apologized so she didn't mention this at all. Even if she'd wanted to, apparently he'd read her thoughts a bit knowing the cause of her distraction, and summarizing the situation in the way only an honest child could. Most adults would have been offended with a child poking around in their minds like Hakudoshi did her, but... she couldn't actually be upset with the young boy in front of her, and if he'd asked her she also would have told him the truth. His assertion that she and her husband should fix what was 'weird' between them was one she agreed with, and still didn't see the possibility of. "I know it's weird. It's also complicated, Little One. I really don't know how to fix it." she admitted. Thinking about the situation made her antsy, and thus she began pacing again. It really wasn't as cut and dry as the boy made it out to be, she felt like her husband hated her, and she wasn't sure it would be easy to change his opinion of her.

"It's not complicated," the boy replied. His clone suddenly dispersed then, and Hakudoshi stood to begin hopscotching around the redhead to pass the time. "When I don't know things, I read people's minds to find out," he continued. He figured it didn't need saying that the two adults simply had some apparent problem communicating with one another. But, true enough, when he was without knowledge on a certain topic, he simply prodded the mind of whomever he thought had the answer. In the case of his parental units, he figured the situation was the same as any he'd ever dealt with in his short lifespan. "I swear, old people are dumb sometimes. I'm bored now."

The boy's clone suddenly disappeared and he went on to explain why the situation his mother found herself in, wasn't nearly as complicated as she was making it. The red headed woman's brows furrowed at the thought, but the young boy had an advantage he didn't yet understand the true usefulness of. He could just prod someone's mind to find out what he wanted, without having to talk with him. Of course, the redhead realized she should just talk to her husband, but she felt like he hated her, and starting a conversation with someone who hates you is awkward. If she could forego the awkwardness of the whole thing, she likely would have already fixed whatever was wrong with her present situation. "Whoa, I'm not old. I'm going to need you to not make me sound like some random village elder. Those are old. I'm young..." she said, seemingly cross more at the idea of being called old, than the fact that she'd been called dumb. "Also, for reference sake, it is rather strange to be talking about my marriage with the byproduct of my marriage." she said stating her feelings on this matter. "But I guess you're right, I should just be a grown up and talk." she said, the child then mentioned he was bored and she thought about it for a bit and shrugged. "Hmm, I don't have anything right now, but I am thinking about leaving the village to do some research stuff, when I figure out where my parents ran off to. You can come with me then if you want..."

"Your age is more than four of my lives. Old," was all the boy had to say about the woman's age-related problem. As for how strange this conversation was for the woman, he simply shrugged. He didn't quite care how either of the adults felt about the matter, but he found both of their minds annoying for several months, and had long since grown tired of the oddities. His boredom, it seemed, would not be alleviated any time soon. This was fine, as he no longer wished to continue the fight they had started here. Beyond that, he was invited on a journey that would likely take him outside of the village for the first time in his life. "Hai!" he said, agreeing to accompany the woman on this adventure.

"Ouch." the woman said, serious she felt a pang in her heart. She couldn't argue the boy's logic about her age, but... she still didn't feel old. She supposed given how young he was, he would think she was old but he'd eventually be just as old. 'My son is a savage, even to me.' she thought, and though she respected his honesty, it still hurt her feelings just a tad, and she wasn't sure why. Even so, he seemed to happily agree on accompanying her outside the village. "Good, I'll take you as my guard then. Ya' know... so the elders don't freak out about me leaving the village again." she said offering the small boy a smile. She walked over to him placing a hand on his head. "Also, if I didn't say, that jutsu is awesome and I'm really proud of you." she stated affectionately.

Hakudoshi seemed pleased to have been titled a guard on this adventure with his mother, resulting in a grin on the small lad's face when a hand was placed upon his head. She also seemed to approve of the jutsu he'd created from the basic Rasengan, which was something he had wondered about in previous moments, when he had himself shut out of the woman's mind. Having reached this point of the interaction, he raised his right fist, as if having achieved some form of victory. "Mm!"

Benihime saw the movements made by her son, who seemed to accept her rather simple form of affection. She knew she'd have to be running off, and assumed he would as well, but in placing her hand on his head, she realized he was rather small, given his upcoming birthday. "Alright, go have some lunch. Get some milk with it." she said giving his head a final rub and sending him off to find sustenance which should help him grow. Once he left of his own accord, the Kazekage would teleport back to her Mansion to have a shower while she had lunch prepared for herself and her husband, while she thought of how best to talk to him about what was on her mind.

Ruffled hair accompanied a bit of advice from his mother, which involved him having some milk with his meal. "Hai hai," he said. Knowing the woman had her own agenda and methods of leaving the aqueducts, he chose to transport himself from this location and leave her to her own devices. And so, he did precisely that.