Dojo

[Floppy]

Hyuuja started to grin as the wood walls of the dojo were coming into his sight. He started to rub his palms and claim:

" - Ah...some fresh sushi with fried chicken...and soy sauce...doesn't that sound yummy, Zou-chin?"

He smiled at the man, crawling the wood sandals after him with a "knock, knock" sound. He climbed the three stairs, made a slight bow and wooshed aside the door of the dojo. He let his wood sandals in front of the door then stepped inside the dojo.


Hyuuja stepped towards the near by drawer and pulled some cups and a bamboo towel on which to set the food. Then with an excited humming, he leaned the bamboo towel, placed a bottle of sake on it so the wind won't carry it away. The three cups near the bottle.
Then he clapped his hands, calling:

" - UNCLE....Bring breakfast, please!"

A faint growl could be heard as the old man taking care of the dojo, took Hyuuja's order. In some other room, hurrying steps could be heard

[Ienzo]

Zou had followed Hyuuja and Samuel to the Dojo for breakfast as Hyuuja spoke of the food's to be served Zou's stomach growled his mouth watering slightly.

" Ah ~ that sounds really good right about now "

Zou said he couldn't remember the last time he ate his mind trying to remember when it was maybe like a week ago no maybe 3 days. He had been so busy that the days has started running together.

[Dorn Koon]

Sammy walked right after his master towards the dojo building, he examined it when they came closer and found it to be really interesting for a building. Typical japanese style and all that, a small smile spread on the boys face when they walked into the building. He liked the sound of all that food of course, but since sensei did not speak with him he said nothing about the matter right now.

The boy was not sure if he should take of his shoes or not, in the end he desided to do just that so he leaned down and began to untie his shoes. It took him a little longer then the others so they where already inside when the rookie was done and walked after them. He walked over to take a seat with his sensei and Zou-sama. The air was nice inside of this place, he examined the bottle and the weird cups, what in the world was that?

"-I do not think sushi is anything for me sensei"

He did not like the idea for raw fish and all that, he sighed and closed his eyes for a few seconds. It was about then that he remembered something!

"-DAMN!! I forgot my bag!!"

He said and was about to stand up, he slipped on the floor and with a small yelp he feel in a rather painfull manner onto the floor. He sighed and slowly sat up on his knees with one hand resting on the side of his head. That hurt!

[Floppy]

Hyuuja clapped hands with a mumble of:

"- Hmmhmhm! So yummy!"

When the old man came inside setting a plate of 15 pieces of riceballs with a shred of raw fish over, next to it a big bowl, fulled with fried chickens. He bowed slightly to Hyuuja and vanished from their sight.
Hyuuja nodded respectfully to the old man, then crossed his legs and threw himself on the ground.

" - Oh no way for you to say that, Sammy! You must try!"

He said just before the boy would claim he forgot his bag. He was about to assure the boy someone would bring it to him, to the dojo, but got caught up in pouring himself a cup of safe. He smiled all innocently at Zou while doing so. His charming sight turned to a shake of head as Samuel stumbled and kicked the floor.
He sighed and said to Zou:

" - Well...You will get used to his innocence!"

He raised the cup of sake,up, in a victorious way, then threw it down his throat with one gulp.

[Dorn Koon]

The rookie sighed as he looked back to the sensei when he talked to Zou about his innocence, he frowned a little and got the sudden idea to throw something at him. But as it was now he did not find anything to thow, besides it would seem a little weird if he did something like that like this. He lowered the hand from his head and slowly moved back to his seat next to the sensei, he sighed and looked at the food when it was being served out to them.

"-Thank you"

He said this to the old man before he was gone, then he returned the attention to the food. He smelled it and noticed how hungry he was, it was going to be nice to drink. But he became curious about the cup Hyuuja was pouring something into, what was that?

"-Sensei, what is that?"

He gestured to the cup and waited for a reply, it looked interesting.

[Ienzo]

" Maybe "
Zou said bluntly he was already use to the clumsiness of kids though haven't dealt with it in a while.

Zou shook his head as Hyuuja smiled at him drinking down the sake , Zou left his sake cup empty choosing not to drink so early in the morning. Instead zou just looked at Samuel sprawled on the floor over forgetting his bag. He began to fix his plate preferring not to just grab out of the dishes that had been set down he took 5 sushi rolls and 3 pieces of fried chicken and began to head his stomach growling triumphantly.

"Ah~ this taste so good "

Zou managed to say when he had paused his eating to let the food go down before starting again.

[Floppy]

" - Isn't that right? The old man is a chef!"

Hyuuja chuckled at Zou's happy munching. He moved his gaze over Samuel and looked back at the cup of sake:

" - Ah...it's empty again..."; He poured himself another cup of sake, then said to Samuel:

" - This is the traditional japanese wine made of rice and flavorish cherries!"

With those being said, he threw the sake down his throat, bumping then, the cup by the ground with an astonished groan:

" - HYAAA! So good!"

He fetched then the chopsticks, pinching the sushi, cutting it into halves. He grabbed then one half and shoved it into his mouth. His other hand fetched the remained half and he brought it to Samuel's mouth:

" - Eat, eat...the rice will ease the rawness of fish..."

[Dorn Koon]

Wine made from rice and cherry? That did sound weird, but he liked cherries. The young rookie watched his sensei cut the sushi in half and then ate half of it, he followed the remaining half when it was being moved towards his mouth. The though of raw fish did not really sound good into his ears, he hesitated to open his mouth and taste that. The eyes shifted from the food to the sensei and then back to the food again.

"-Uhm...if you say so sensei"

He opened his mouth and closed it again as Hyuuja was feeding him the sushi. He did not chew right away, but then he slowly started to chew. To his surprise it was more taste then he had ever imagined! His eyes widened a little and he looked at the man.

"-That was good sensei!!"

[Ienzo]

Zou watched the two with a slight hint of boredom on his face, he had no real interest in what happened at this point as long as Hyuuja didn't get drunk.

" Do you have anything to drink besides Sake. I shouldn't drink before work "

Zou asked hoping that there was something else to drink buy he believed that sake was the only thing that Hyuuja actually drank because thats what he was aways drinking when Zou was around.

[Floppy]

Hyuuja smiled kindly at Samuel, then turned his eyes over Zou, saying with a serious pitch:

" - Sorry...but I will pour you only half. Don't worry"

He took Zou's cup and poured a little sake then spreaded towards the hunter with a grin. Well, actually, the old man could make them tea in about 10 minutes, but Hyuuja tried so hard to get Zou drunk ever since they were students.
The corner of his eyes slided towards the student, claiming:

" - Ah...by the way...didn't you forget your bag?"

[Dorn Koon]

Samuel had started to take himself some food when the sensei reminded him about the bag, the boy blinked a few times and looked to Hyuuja. He did not say and looked a little funny as he had been reaching for the chicken at just that moment.

"-My bag?"

He felt a little confused and then the eyes widened a little, oh yes the bag...his things! Curses! He put down the chicken and stood up.

"-Yes by bag! My weapon...what if someone takes them?"

He looked a little lost what he should do right then, he had to leave but he was not sure if he should. Maybe he should stay or go? Could he ate really fast and then go get the bag? Owie what if someone had stolen all his things, or noticed the stuffed rabbit he used when sleeping? He did not want anyone to notice that or he they would think him as a weak person to!

[Ienzo]

Zou looked at hyuuja supisiously , every time he had a meal with this man he was always offered sake and nothing else. Zou let out a small sigh and drank reluctantly eyeing Samuel out of the corner of his eye.

" shame for you to leave your weapons lying around like that. But by bag I hope you don't mean this one "

Zou said casually tossing Samuels bag to him so he could sit back down and eat.

" rule one never leave your weapons behind nor out of your sight. You never know when an attack could come "

Zou said this in a teacherly manner sipping at his sake not really caring for the taste.

[Floppy]

Hyuuja smirked, turning away from the boy. Well, as he teased Zou with sake, he teased Samuel for his clumsyness. He knew Zou had picked up the bag, but pouted disappointed that Zou revelead it to the boy before he would do somthing cutish and dumb again.

" - Aaah...it sure has merits living a life...."

He sighed deeply, fetching a fried chicken wing and tossing himself on the side, grabbing the bottle of sake with him, too.
One bite, one sip, one bite, one sip.

[Dorn Koon]

Samuel looked a little confused at first when the man showed him the bag with all his things, he looked at it and then to the man. He did this a few times and then he noticed what it was, Zou had carried his bag with him to the dojo all this time?! That was very nice of him to do, really nice. The rookie calmed down a little, but he made sure to put a mental note to the words the master hunter said about never leaving your weapon out of sight.

"-It was very nice of you Zou-sama"

He examined the bag and opened it to make sure that nothing was missing, of course doing his best not to reveal any of the things inside for the other two. This was private! It made him seem a little to....protective not to make them see. He was really much greatful for what the other hunter had been doing, he would pay him back in some way later on...when he had an idea on how to do so.

Sammy's eyes now could returned to the food, he closed the bag and left it next to himself on the floor. He reached out and grasped some of the chicken and then he began to eat. It was really nice with food and the boy loved every inch of taste he got from the chicken. The rookie did not speak for a few moments and just ate, but his eyes glanced to the other two men when they where drinking from those weird cups. From what Zou said that was sake, but was that good? Rice...wine with cherry?

"-Uhm...sensei, could I try some of that?"

He pointed towards the bottle with sake and at the same time he was trying to eat with chopsticks, of course the food just fell down on the plate again. He pouted a little and tried again, not having a clue how to hold there things at all. It was a little irritating to eat when he did not know how.

[Ienzo]

Zou watched as Samuel inspected his belongings taking note in how carefully he tried to keep them hidden. This peaked his curiosity slightly wondering what was so important that he wanted it kept hidden.

" Think nothing of it "

Zou said casually setting his Sake up down, it was empty. He folded his arms and closed his eyes with a contented sigh. He had eaten all the food on his plate and his stomach was full and happy. Zou watched Samuel as he asked Hyuuja for some sake and gave Hyuuja a glare. Faintly in his mind Zou wondered if this rookie had ever seen a vampire nevertheless meet one, he hadnt seem to take notice to how Zou felt different that Hyuuja. Some where in his thought process he spoke aloud.

" Samuel how old are you ? "

Zou asked though the question might sound somewhat insignificant and irrelevant to the current topic but Zou was slightly off in his own mind.

[Floppy]

Hyuuja, all this time, had eyes only for cup and sake. Well, he already began to catch a faint red color to his pale cheeks. He looked amused at Samuel trying to eat with chopsticks and crawled himself behind the boy, fetching his arm and pushing the chopsticks into the boy's hand.

" - Yo...look here, one finger here and the rest here...handling..."

He didn't mention the name of the fingers since he moved Samuel's fingers by himself and tried to move the boy's hand towards the food to pinch it with the chopsticks their togethered hands were holding.

" - Like this...."

He smelled of alchohol, already. Or better said, again, since he always smelled like alchohol, but not in the ugly, dirty way, but the smell upon him seemed like a frequance.
He raised his glare into Zou's as the boy asked him for sake. "EeWWW, little Zou doesn't want me to....so protective and cuute..."; He thought grinning at his fellow hunter.

[Dorn Koon]

Samuel was slightly put of guard when Zou asked about his age, he looked to the master hunter and then he smiled a little.

"-16 sir, I'm 16"

After all they could just look in his papers to know that he was that age, so there was little use in trying to lie about being older or younger. In his case he was rather late in becoming a rookie, many of the others had started to get into that line when they where 14 or something like that. But then again Sammy was not like other boys, he was a little different. Not that he had not tried, he tried all the time.

The rookie blinked a few times when the sensei moved in behind him and grapsed his hands, he tried to listen and watch when the man moved his hands to show how he was suppose to hold the sticks. Of course it was kind of hard to focus on anything with the small hint of cherry coming from the breath of the man. His hand was shaking and it was still kind of hard to hold the chopsticks right even with the help of Hyuuja.

[Ienzo]

" Im not - tch"

Zou said with an irritated pitch he caught himself he was about to respond to hyuuja's thoughts rather than his spoken words. He ran his hands through his hair and watched Hyuuja try and teach Samuel how to properly use chopsticks.

"16...16 "

Zou said thinking to himself in his mind he was calculating something. He had heard of older rookies zero was one and one of the more troublesome one's as well.

" Have you ever seen or meet a vampire. ? I mean how can you hunt your prey with out knowing what they see or feel like ? "

Zou asked his tone slightly bored feeling like he was playing 20 questions. He held his sake cup out for one more and asked Hyuuja to fill it only half again.

[Floppy]

Hyuuja winked at Zou, fetching the small struggle of his comrade to not reply back and releave his power. He tighten his grip on Samuel's hand, whistling surprised:

" Oyaaa....16, hm?"

And then, without pulling himself from behind the boy, leaned to grab the bottle of sake and fill Zou's cup, a little more than half, though, with a special extra of blown kiss.
Well, without actually, thinking where he would pour next, he filled the boy's cup of sake and then shoved the rest of the bottle down his throat.
He bumped again the bottle by the table and growled with a large grin:

"- Pfuaaa! The best!"

He wasn't drunk yet, though his body would claim so, his mind was fully sober and rational, but still rebelled and laid-back. He was a heavy drinker after all, almost imune to alcohol.

[Dorn Koon]

The young man gave the question some thought and he was a little surprised that this man asked, but his sensei had not seemed at all interesting in knowing these things. But in a way Hyuuja still got to know more about the rookie when Zou asked, but of course it was a little harder to ask at the same time as being told how to use chopsticks.

"-Well....we....I mean...uhm...No sir. I just came out from the classes, they did not let us fight vampires there, it was most basic training"

He yelped a little when the sensei squeezed his hand a little to hard, but he was starting to get a hang of how to use the sticks now. When Hyuuja let go to pour more sake up the boy slowly moved a piece of chicken towards his mouth with the stick...closer and closer. Then the sensei happened to touch his arms when he returned the bottle to drink from it and with a small yelp from the boy the chicken feel down to the surface of the table.

"-Sensei....I'm trying to eat!"

He complained and pouted a little, then he sighed and looked to the cup the man had made ready for him. He hesitated for a few seconds before he picked it up. The drink did not look very special to him, but the smell was rather strong and tickled his nose. Sooooooo this was sake? He had seen how Hyuuja did so he moved the cup to the mouth and drank it all in one single go. Maybe not one of his brightest ideas so far, the liquid burned down into his throat and caused him to couch a few times.

[Ienzo]

Zou sighed slightly irritated with Hyuuja carelessly giving his rookie Sake then downing the rest himself. He wondered how Samuel would react it took a moment for the taste to set in. Zou sipped his own at his own cup of Sake.

" I wasnt asking if you had fought one i was asking if you have ever meet one. Not all of them are bad you know "

Zou said correcting his eariler statement hoping that Samuel would get it this time around , if not the boy needed alot of work. He had to be able to tell who was human and who was vampire or innocent people could be hurt if there ever was a battle.

" And do you know how the hunter gained there ability's to fight vampires ? and why they keep in within families "

Zou continued he wanted to see what they had taught the boy , he should at least know that much though Zou was still unsure if they told rookies that or even some of the hunters that anymore.

[Floppy]

Hyuuja chuckled and was about to apologise to the boy, but his eyes widened surprised as he saw the sake cup emptied from one gulp.

" - Aaaa!"

He growled smoothly, starting to rub Samuel's back in order to cease the coughing. He looked desperately at Zou and pleaded:

" - Zou-chin, cut it off, better kiss him to cease the coughing!"

He grabbed the boy's jaw and pointed him to Zou, muttering in a cry voice:

" - Come already! If you kiss him no one will take it as an intimate gesture!"

Hyuuja knew if he was to kiss the boy, people would not hold back from reporting him as having an indecent conduct with students, but a rational, serious guy as Zou would pass as an atempt to save the boy.

[Dorn Koon]

Samuel did not really feel like getting kissed by Zou-sama, but he could not really say anything since he was in the middle of couching. It was a little stronger then he had imagined it to be, but he did not see anything how kissing him would make anything better at all?! That just sounded weird, but he was feeling a little weird inside. Like a hot feeling starting to spread from his chest area, out into his body. It was a warm and kind of nice feeling, he just needed to calm down a little to actually enjoy it.

[Ienzo]

Zou let out an irritated growl Hyuuja was always doing things like this and dragging him into it He pulled the boy's face close to him.

" You owe me. "

Zou said harshly before engulfing the boy in a kiss somewhat sure this was for Hyuuja's entertainment he kissed the boy deep calming his body to where it would stop coughing so violently. He released the boy and pushed him back to Hyuuja taking another sip from his sake cup.

[Floppy]

Hyuuja would watch Zou's claim with a slight of surprise but then his features moved into a predator's gaze.
He didn't move from holding the boy in his laps, smirking at the kiss Zou inflicted. When the hunter parted from the kiss and pushed Samuel back into Hyuuja's arms; Hyuuja looked smiling kindly at the boy, his finger cleaning off the Samuel's lips in a tender motion:

" - Hmph....it stopped."

Then his gaze lifted into Zou's eyes, with a smirk:

" - Good work, Zou-sensei" ;

His teaseful voice was lightened by the wink he pulled at the end.

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