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A Returning Visitor

Who: Abel and OPEN
Where: Konoha
When: June 4th - July 1st
Notes: Around Konoha for the duration of Nagato's stay here.

When he wasn't guarding Nagato, Abel was enjoying the chance to see the various chunin applicants in action and the parts of Konoha he didn't get a chance to see before. It was strange but with the numerous foreign shinobi crowding the city, he didn't feel quite so out of place this time as he wandered around in his juonin uniform with his hitae-ate on. Of course, he still had various weapons secured around his person and in his hair as was his usual habit. The newest addition to his uniform was a pair of bracers with tiny spikes on the upper side, just long and sharp enough to draw blood.

Part of Abel wondered if he would have the chance to see anyone he had met at the auction here or if they would all be too busy to bother with him. Possibly too busy but he had dropped a note off at the Konoha Mission Room for Itachi, letting him know that Abel had arrived and was staying at a certain hotel if the Uchiha wanted to look him up. He wouldn't mind testing his own skills against Itachi if the other wanted to, and he had to admit that he wanted to see what it was like to spar against another bloodline as unique as the Uchiha one.

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What with exams getting underway, it was amazing that Hinata had time to herself. Granted it was only an hour or two here or there, but it was something. She was taking this brief window of free time to people watch as she picked up lunch from one of the food stalls.

The pale hair caught her attention almost immediately. If it weren't for that she may have potentially over looked the man entirely. Or maybe not, she decides as her eyes land on the bracers. She likely would have noticed him regardless in that case. It wasn't unusual for visiting ninja to have some sort of weapon on display but it usually extended to items such as swords, fans, or other items of similar nature. But the bracers were subtle for those not paying close attention, it intrigued her.

Taking the bag containing her order she crossed to the man with a measured stride. She wasn't going to harm but it didn't stop her from wearing her curiosity on her face. "You have interesting taste in armor."

Abel looked at the young girl curious as she approached before smiling and bowing to her.

"Hyuuga-dono," he greeted with a smile. With those eyes, she couldn't be anyone but a Hyuuga. He straightened and glanced at his outfit. "Which part do you refer to?"

He didn't see anything out of place, but maybe she had seen something that had intrigued her.

"The bracers," she explains virtually nonplussed by how he addressed her. She's reached a point where she's less surprised by people correctly guessing her family name and more surprised if they realize she's the clan heir.

"Subtle enough to be overlooked by the lazy and untrained but obvious to anyone truly paying attention. And just different enough to be of interest."

He softly laughed and inclined his head to her. "Trust one with your training to have picked them out."

He bowed to her again. "Abel of Ame, Hyuuga-dono."

"It's simple observation." It's meant as a mild comment but to her own ears the words sound vaguely like she's bragging. As it is she can think of at least a dozen Konoha shinobi that would have noticed them. It isn't anything directly related to her or her bloodline.

"Nice to meet you Abel-san." She's content with him calling her Hyuuga for now, people in the know of Hyuuga hierarchy tended to get strange when she gave her name. And while she couldn't be sure such would be the case here, this is one rare occasion where she'd rather err on the side of caution than bend to her manners. "Normally, it's giant fans and swords on display for exams. You stand out with your choice."

"Or perhaps I'm more subtle in my choices," he mused with a grin. "Jounin I may be, but carrying around a weapon easily twice my size would just announce to the world my preferred weapon."

He glanced at her bag. "Is there somewhere I might escort you, Hyuuga-dono?"

Her mouth curves up in a smile amused. Her head tilting a little in contemplation, then nods. How sly, choosing a visible weapon to distract. She can only take his words to imply that he has concealed weapons as well. She approves.

"Hm?" She blinks as a breezes rustles the plastic in her hand, "Oh. I wouldn't want to impose on your time. You must have more interesting things to do than to escort me to the park."

"It would be my honor and hardly an imposition," he replied with a smile. "And actually, I haven't seen a lot of your city. Perhaps you could tell me where to find some interesting sights?"

Not like he really had any duties during the exams.

"Alright," she agrees after a moment. He seems nice enough so it couldn't hurt too much. Waving her hand, Hinata starts them in the direction of the park.

"What have you seen so far?" It would help her avoid pointing him towards somewhere he's already been.

He hummed and shrugged. "A few restaurants, the hotel, several genin scrambling around trying to get information."

He honestly hadn't seen much at all yet.

She pauses going through the various places in the village visitors could go. "Well there's the library, the hot springs, the park is one of my favorites." Honestly there are so many places in Konoha a visitor might find interesting.

"There's plenty more places to list. I'm not sure what you might find interesting."

He hummed and nodded. "I may relax at the hot springs or take a friend there," he commented before smiling. "Thank you for the suggestions."

Another thought occurred to him. "Do you think the training grounds would be open to foreign shinbi wanting to practice a bit?"

She smiles, "You're welcome. I hope at least one you find enjoyable."

"I don't see why they wouldn't be. Or if not all of them are accessible certain parts might be." She doesn't really see why certain training grounds wouldn't be open to foreign shinobi. After all they already likely have ANBU tails anyway so what would the harm be in allowing them to train. "If they are they're might be certain restrictions in place, you would have to find out what those might be."

"I may check them out later," he mused with a tilt of his head. "How do you think the exams are going?"

He'd probably check out the training fields after the exams were over with so he could relax a bit before heading back to Ame.

"I think they're going quite well. The spectators seem to be enjoying them a great deal."

"It will be interesting to watch the finals," Abel mused with a grin. He sighed and shook his head. "Been a while since I was in their shoes."

He honestly wasn't fishing for information, just trying to make small talk with a pleasant young lady.

"I always find the finals interesting. So much happens that you may not expect." The stakes of that last round it has a rather a habit of being just what many entrants need to push them to just where they need to be to earn promotion.

Oh she doesn't think he's fishing, if he were she'd expect he'd ask what the exact plans for the finals were or something of the sort. No she imagines he's just being friendly and trying to keep them lapsing into awkward silence, which could happen despite how much her social awkwardness had fallen away over the last few years.

"Are there any of your clan in the test?" Abel inquired with a tilt of his head. "Ame has a few promising teams here."

Hyuuga-dono was rather nice to talk to, and Abel wouldn't mind striking up a casual acquaintance with her.

She shakes her head, "Not this year." Hanabi was still a couple years off from making genin, never mind participating in the exams.

Adjusting their path a little, Hinata leads them around a corner and the edges of the park come into view. Their short interaction nearing it's end, but she is appreciative that he offered to escort her. It was not something he had to do.

Abel hummed before chuckling. "Well, it looks like our conversation is at an end, Hyuuga-dono."

He stopped and bowed respectfully to her. "May the rest of your day be peaceful and pleasant."

She bows her head, "Thank you for escorting me Abel-san. It was pleasant."

"The pleasure is mine, Hyuuga-dono," he said with a smile before turning and wandering away. It had been a nice conversation and he hoped her day was just as relaxing as the walk had been.

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