Eastside Tennis Court

[munky]

It's a rather sandy day in the Village Hidden-In-The-Sand. Said sand coats most of the tennis court and the adjacent street, which connects to the marketplace. To the other side of the court, a vast sea of sand opens out onto the desert, and massive walls of compacted sandstone and shale form canyon walls on the back and front of the court. Sun beams down on the walls, but the sheer height of the canyon walls prevents the sunlight from getting all the way down to the court and roads unless it's high noon.

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Kazuhiko hits a tennis ball toward the other side of the court, practicing his bullet serve. "Ngh!" The ball bounces off the canyon wall as he looks over at the road hopefully-- will his angel be walking this afternoon? The tennis ball hits him in the side of the head unexpectedly, bringing him back to his solitaire tennis game.

[The Dark Lord]

Kazai walked along the space in between the tennis courts with an escort, a man wearing an all black ninja suit covering his whole body, with the exception of his eyes. His blue eyes seemed to reveal his disposition of a harsh and serious nature. He was intimidating, and the katana slung over his back on a strap added to this factor.

Unlike her normal attire, which consisted of a sundress on weekends, and the Kazekage robes during the week, Kazai was now wearing a tennis outfit. A brown skirt and a white gym shirt with the Sand Village symbol on the back in thick brown. She also carried a tennis racquet.

"Arisu-San... If you won't play tennis with me, coming out here was a waste. Don't be shy, I'm not that good in tennis," she said to the shinobi in all black. "Come on, there has to be a way I could coax you into playing..."

He didn't reply, only continued to walk with her after shaking his head furiously.

"Come on Arisu-san. You don't have to be so serious all the time.. I don't get many days off, it would be nice to enjoy it with a game of tennis.." She said as she continued to walk now crossing her arms... In the direction she was walking, she was able to see Kazuhiko not too far off. She picked up the pace, Arisu following her, and came up to his court from behind him, however not standing on it.

"Hey, sir!" She said waving to get his attention..

[munky]

Kazuhiko whirls about, alarmed that a female voice would be heard here. He looks at her rather lazily, not expecting anybody important here, especially because of the end of town this court is in; it's rather ghetto."Yeee--ah?!" He stares at the girl whose voice it belonged, unbelieving. He almost didn't recognize her at first, but here she was, in the flesh. And not only that...
Skirt!
White gym shirt!
... skirt! She was most definitely not wearing her usual outfit of Kazekage robes, which he found to be rather distasteful. Moreover, hey, she's wearing a skirt, which was almost as, if not as, good as her sundress that she wore casually. After all, he could now see her figure, and speaking of, wow. He excitedly checked her out for a moment, and then immediately looked back up to her face, realizing that this wasn't the time to be oogling. "H-Hai?! Y-yes?!" He unnecessarily salutes and bows to her.

[The Dark Lord]

"Oh.. Thanks." She said as she watched him bow before her. The elite ninja standing to her right did nothing more than roll his eyes as another form of visual communitcation. She smiled down at him, she did indeed enjoy being revered, in all honesty it was one of the reasons that she enjoyed the position of Kazekage so much, although it was just one of many.

"Yeah... Well, I was just trying to find someone who would play tennis with me... It seems that everyone else around here is already playing a game..." she faced Arisu," Or is too cowardly to play me in a friendly match. I'm not that great of a player, although watching you from afar, you seem quite gifted. I hope that if we do play maybe you could give me a few pointers."

She smiled, holding her racket firmly in her left hand which was extended down her side.

[munky]

Kazuhiko nodded fervently, excited that he has this chance to be close to his angel. "Yeah, I'm pretty gir-- good. Pretty good! I'd be happy to play you in a match, if you'd like!" He turns and jogs toward his end of the court and almost slips on the ball that had hit him in the head earlier.
He stumbles to regain his footing, and then stoops to pick it up. He nervously glances up at her as he steps back into his side of the court. "Heh..." To think, I have a chance to impress her... I won’t screw it up!
Kazu finally gets into position. "S-so, do you know how to play?" He readies himself, expecting her to be completely new to the game. The way she holds the racquet makes it seem like she has played before, at the very least... He gets into the receiving stance.

[The Dark Lord]

She walked over to the opposite side of the court from Kazuhiko... "Well... I might not know all of the rules, but at the least I've played before." Once getting to the other side she turned facing him and switched her racket hand to her right.. She smiled. "Still haven't decided which hand I'd like to use more.

"Alright.. I'm ready whenever you are." She yelled to him.. "But maybe you want to go a little easy on me at first. I'm new at this."

[munky]

Kazuhiko clenches his fist as he looks down at the ball. She's cute, to boot! To try to switch between playing hands... inexperience is the epitome of cuteness! He stands up and steps back a bit. "I'll serve, then, I guess." He tosses the ball up from his left hand so it rises past his head. Gravity takes hold of the ball to cause it to fall to about 4 inches from his head, and with a step, he swats the ball toward her. "Here!"
The ball sails over the net and bounces with a thock, spinning toward her right side.
Kazuhiko stops watching the ball after he hits it and instead looks at her, the way her hair flows in the slight breeze, they way she grips the racquet handle... she was more and more desireable by the moment.

[The Dark Lord]

Alright!! Here I go!! This shouldn't be a challenge for the Kazekage!! She smiled to herself, with a light feminine giggle then watches carefully, waiting for the ball to come to her. She prepared to hit the ball with her racket, but at the moment after it hit the ground, it spun to the right, leaving her perplexed... She swung the racket, but missed the ball

"I did not anticipate that. Good serve!! Umm... What's your name?!!" she yellled just loud enough so that he would be able to hear her from across the court.

[munky]

Kazuhiko excitedly hops to his left as she speaks to him, unintentionally taking a comedic stance as he does so. He calls to her, just loud enough for her to hear him across the court. Though, because of the canyon walls around the court, his voice echoes a bit. "Ah! Uh... I-I'm Kazuhiko! But you can call me Kazu, Ms. Kazekage-sama!" He pulls another tennis ball out of his pocket and tosses it to her, letting it bounce once before it would reach her.
He calls to her again as the ball nears her, "Why don't you try serving it this time?" Maybe she isn’t that skilled, after all. Well, then I hope I can play well enough for her to learn from it... but I wonder if she’d rather that I play just as hard as before, so she can see a better example of how to play? Ooooh, I’m nervous...!!

[The Dark Lord]

"Oh really then? Kazu-san then?" She smiled, then caught the tennis ball he had thrown toward her in her left hand, still clentching the raquet in her right hand. He's really good. It might not be easy to beat him in a match of tennis.. He'll definitely school me..

"Alright, so it's my serve then..." She threw the tennis ball in the air, and hit it with the racquet, sending it flying at a quick speed.

[munky]

"Kazu-san is fine with me~" Kazu is overjoyed that she even wanted to know his name. He gleefully gets into his receiving stance as she returns the ball, bending his knees and leaning forward a bit, his racquet head in his opposite hand.
Kazuhiko hops forward and hits the ball lightly, making it bounce back toward Kazai. It's hard not to take it too easy or not easy enough on her... He does a karioka step, moving to get ready to return the ball if she returned it again. But at the very least, I guess I’ve got to impress her with a half-decent game so that maybe she’ll want to play again!
He gets a determined but relaxed expression on his face as he prepares to play the game. He watches her movements. “Hmm...!” But, he quickly begins to lose focus as he notes the subtle movements of her waist, the way her hair flips back as she moves about...

[The Dark Lord]

Kazai watched anxiously to see what would become of the ball that she hit. Using her chakra, she could be sure to make sure that she used enough energy to hit the ball quickly, powerfully, and swiftly, but aim and curves were a different story. At the moment any of that would come to nothing but luck.

The ball passed over the net, landing on the opposite side of the court, just to the left of where Kaku had previously been standing.. I wonder if he'll be able to get that.. It hit it fast, but it went almost right to him.. She prepared for him to return it to him, attempting to be ready for anything to come her way. He was certainly talented at tennis, at least that was her first impression.

[munky]

Kazuhiko blinks, surprised that she had returned it with such speed. Well, it wasn't that fast, but it was much faster than her last shot. She's got talent... He muses, but then adds to himself, ... She's cute when she looks determined. <3
He hops to his left and reaches back with his right arm toward the ball, angling his racquet slightly up. He taps the ball, lobbing it so that it would sail just above Kazai's head, and to her right. "Hmm!"
As soon as he releases the ball from his racquet, he looks back over to Kazai, eagerly watching to see how she'll move in response to that. He grins at her, watching her every movement. I hope she'll jump up, so her skirt will... ah! What am I thinking about?! He shakes his head, trying to rid himself of the impure thoughts, but can't help but look back up at her in anticipation.

[The Dark Lord]

Kazai was able to respond quickly to the oncoming tennis ball. She was able to tell where it was headed before it got there. Just over her to the right. Quickly, she inched backward so that when the ball came to her level she would be ready to hit it. Right when it had reached the proper level, she winded her right arm and smashed the racquet against the ball, sending the ball flying into the net.

That wasn't exactly what I wanted to do. She sighed in frustration and rested her hands on her knees bending forward. And I put so much chakra into that hit... This might not be my game... I wonder if I'm hitting right... Maybe my angle is pointed down too far... This is harder than ninja battles.

[munky]

Kazuhiko was thinking about anything except the fault she had just made. Ooh! I can almost see up her skirt when she sits like that! He stops, realizing that he's having perverted thoughts again.
He grins at her. "Nice return! You almost had that one~"
Kazu then walks over to the net and looks at her. "So how long have you been playing tennis?" He smiles down at her, now taking in more of her beauty, varying from the way her body's curves advertise her well-toned muscles and the power she harbors, to the color of her eyes and hair, to even the way she sits, leaning back on her hands. If I can befriend her, maybe we can get to know each other better... He blushes slightly at the thought, forcing himself back to reality. He sighs inwardly as he realizes the hopelessness of that idea, since she was the Kazekage, and, well, he was a lowly Chuunin.

[The Dark Lord]

She stops leaning down and stands erect once more. "Oh well.. This is my first time, although I've watched a good bit of tennis... I guess I'm not much of a player myself... Although, I'm sure that if I had the time to put into training I could be much better." She smiled... "The true question here is how long you've been playing... You seem like an expert after all."

As she looked at him, she wondered if he was a ninja for her village. She thought she had seen him before, but wasn't entirely sure... There were a lot of ninja in the Sand Village after all, so it was difficult to remember one who she didn't know.

"Are you a shinobi?"

[munky]

Kazu grins and points at his forehead for some reason. "Yes! I'm-- oh." He's not wearing his hitai-ate. He laments his forgetfulness and puts his hand down, first on his hip, then behind his back, then he tries to put it in a nonexistant pocket, then he scratches the back of his head, and then he resorts to just leaning on the net cord. He easily loses balance and slips, falling forward to make a wierd noise, before getting up and trying to save face by pretending it didn't happen.
"Well, I'm a Chuunin, ma'am." He flinched, as this conversation might just lead to his sense of duty to his country, or lack thereof. Crap. I hope she doesn't ask about the missions I've accomplished. Please don't ask. Please don't ask. Please don't ask. Please don't ask.

[The Dark Lord]

She giggled daintily at the way he fell down, overlooking the fact that he could have been hurt by the fall. Her giggling dispersed, however she still maintained a half-smile, as she had been for a while now in between talking and laughing.

He's kind of cute... She decided not to ask any questions about the way he fell down, after all, that would only make the situation more awkward if he were already embarrassed.

"Oh really? A chuunin huh? That's cool.. Well, maybe sometime I can pay you back for this tennis lesson with a ninjutsu lesson. It is only fair after all."

[munky]

Thank you, god! Kazuhiko inwardly gives his gratitude to whatever deity may have granted her oversight in his lack of completion of missions. He would have to remember to sacrifice something later to stay on that god's good side, or whatever.
As she laughs at him, he blushes slightly. She's got a cute laugh, even if she's laughing at me... He looks down and clears his throat to hide the color on his cheeks. Can't let her see me like that...
He nods again. "Sure! Sure! I'll take that! I can always use more instruction." Then, he blinks again, getting an idea. He looks hopefully at her. "Maybe we could work something out so I coach you in tennis, and you coach me in ninjutsu. I'm terrible at it, you see..." I can't belive that I did that! I've got some nerve... but if she says yes, then...!!

[The Dark Lord]

"Oh really? You can't possibly be horrible. You did say you were a chuunin after all. You must at least have some skill." She grinned. "But I suppose we could work something out." She placed her hands on her hips and thought out a schedule.

"Well... I'm busy for most of the weekdays, but my weekends are a bit less crowded... Maybe we could do it sometime soon... Like on Sunday... Which is tomorrow... I'm kind of tired already today from tennis.. Even though we didn't do much... I came here from training a while ago... Just wanted to do a few sets for today."