Firenze

Natsu chuckles and stands up but looks around again.

"Yea..the worst member of the Shiseiten..is a guy."
"....Girl..."

Hotaru says with a lazy expression but he also looks around.

"Oh..."

Natsu looks back at Tsukiko with a soft smile.

"Come on let's go."

He says when he grabs her hand and they walk back on the road towards the city that could be seen from where they were walking.
Hotaru quickly follows them and he looks behind him.

"Looks like the Mibu catched up...with us."

Hotaru whispers in a relaxed tone.

Tsukiko yawns once more before standing up and she stretches.

"Forget it.... we'll talk about it later..."

She says while stretching and she blushes slightly when Natsu grabs her hand. But she looks at Hotaru surprised at what he says and she looks up at Natsu worriedly.

Natsu nods with a serious expression.

"Yea they did..."
"Oh well...more fun for us when they find us."

Hotaru says with a calm expression when he looks back at the pair.

"You think they figured out I am with you guys?"
"I think they did."
"Hmmmm...why?"

He asks when he walks next to them and Natsu looks down with a sigh.

"I dunno..maybe because your walking with us?"
"Oh.........."

Tsukiko looks between them worriedly and she looks at Hotaru worriedly before looking up at Natsu.

"Isn't there a limit to stupidity....?"

She whispers confused so only Natsu can hear but looks around warily.

"I understand he's strong.... but can he really have brawn but no brain....?"

She asks in the same tone so Hotaru couldn't hear and she looks at Hotaru worriedly.

Natsu chuckles when he hears what Tsukiko whispers.

"Nah...he's smart...just...that he forgets...a lot of things.
He's not stupid...just...weird."

He whispers with a small smile and Hotaru raises his eyebrow when he sees two roads.
They both in the direction of the city but one of them doesn't reach the city.

"Oh...which way...should we go?"

Tsukiko looks at Natsu with a raised eyebrow asking if he was kidding but she sighes and she looks at Hotaru with a smile.

"Hey Hotaru what's my name?"

She asks but she hears his question and she looks infront of them to see the two roads.

"Hmm.... I would like to pick the one that leads into the city.... but which one is that...?"

Natsu stops and looks at the two roads.

"Hmmm..."

Hotaru raises his eyebrow and a small smile goes across his face.

"Yun-Yun."

He says with the same smile and he points at the left road while Natsu points at the right one.

"Left."
"Right"

Natsu and Hotaru look at each other for a while and Hotaru clenches his fist before he holds it out to Natsu.

"Why don't we choose it this way."
"Hmmmm alright if you don't wanna lose you can still stop."
"No."

A serious expression goes across their face like their going to fight and Natsu puts his fist against Hotaru's.

Tsukiko sighes at what Hotaru says but looks at Natsu with a raised eyebrow.

"See? told you..."

She says with a shrug before looking between the roads and let's go of Natsu's hand before walking right infront of the roads and looks at the ground with an expression of deep thought.

"Hmm...."

Tsukiko breathes while looking at the grounds of the roads.

Natsu looks at Tsukiko but slowly looks back at Hotaru.

"Ready to taste defeat?
"Uh-huh."

They both raise their hand with a smirk.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors!!!"
"Rock..paper..uh..scissors.."
"Wha?"
"Oh..."

Natsu's eyes widen when he sees that Hotaru used Rock and Natsu used Scissors.

".........I won."
"No......way......"

Hotaru past Nastu's head when he looks down with a dissappointed expression.

"There..there.."

Natsu sighes and chuckles before he turns to the roads.

"Alright..left it is."

Hotaru walks next to Tsukiko and walks on the left road and also starts walking the same direction and appears next to Tsukiko.

"We're going left."

Tsukiko looks between the two roads and she nods before looking at the two looking like she was about to say something but she looks confused when Natsu said they were going left and she nods keeping the confused expression.

"Oh.... alright..."

She says before she two starts walking left but she looks at the right road worriedly.

"Huh.... I thought the road that was traveled on more would lead to the city..... oh well.... guess I was wrong..."

Tsukiko thought with a shrug before looking at Natsu with a chuckle.

"Rock paper scissors?"

Natsu chuckles and nods.

"Yea...it's the Shiseiten's easiest way to settles things.
For example when we don't know who's going to fight we just do rock paper scissors."

Hotaru looks ahead of him with a lazy expression.

"Who's going to get the last piece of meat.
Who gets the biggest bed.
Who has to tell a secret.
Who is going to buy food.
Who's go-"

Natsu nods with a chuckle.

"We get it Hotaru...yea...we also used rock, paper, scissors for other things.
By the way...here's a gift for your birthday just something before you get your real present."

He looks down at her with a soft smile and puts hand on her chin before he moves closer to her and kisses her passionetly.
Hotaru looks at the two with a small smile.

Tsukiko nods in understandment and giggles.

"Sounds like it was fun..."

She says with a big smile but looks at Natsu confused at what he says but her eyes widen in surprise when he kisses her passionately and she almost loses her balance and she holds onto him tightly while a soft blush goes across her cheeks and she closes her eyes halfway before kissing him back with the same passion.

Natsu also closes his eyes halfway but he stops kissing after 12 seconds.

"Hmmmm....well....I hope you liked it."

He says with a wink and Hotaru looks at the pair with a calm expression.

"I didn't really like watching."
"I wasn't talking to you!"

Natsu says when he looks back at Hotaru when he looks away with a bored expression.
But Natsu turns back to Tsukiko with a soft smile.

Tsukiko takes a few deep breathes when he stops and she looks up at him with a bright red blush and she sames up at him warmly.

"Y-Yea I did...."

She says embarrassed but looks at Hotaru surprised as if she forgot he was there and she chuckles.

"What? you want one too?"

Tsukiko asks sarcastically while raising an eyebrow with another chuckle.

Natsu chuckles and Hotaru looks up in thought.

".......No Hotaru shouldn't do that.
Because then Natsu would get angry."

Hotaru thought out loud and Natsu chuckles again

"Anyway...come on...let's go."

Natsu puts his hand around Tsukiko and he takes a step ahead.

"Shouldn't we fight those guys?"

Hotaru asks when he looks behind him and sees 15 mibu low class assassin's.

Tsukiko chuckles at Hotaru's response and she looks up at Natsu with a warm smile before leaning her head on his shoulder when she feels his arm around her but she looks at Hotaru with a raised eyebrow and sighs.

"thoughes guys are the weak ones aren't they? why bother....?"

She asks before looking up at Natsu confused.

Natsu looks down in thought.

"I dunno...but..."

Hotaru nods and Natsu turns halfway to Hotaru.

"Hmph..."
"Yea...."

They both put their fist against each other.

"Rock!, Paper!, Scissors!!!"
"Rock...paper...uhm...scissors..."
"N-Not...again..."
"I won."
"I know that."

Natsu sighes when Hotaru wins from him using paper and Natsu used rock.

"Go have fun."
"Yay."

Hotaru turns around and walks to the 12 hidden Mibu assassin's and Natsu watches him when the assassin's jump out of the tree's and appear around Hotaru.

Tsukiko chuckles at their game and she looks up at Natsu with a soft smile.

"Did you want to fight them?"

She asks with a raised eyebrow while looking a little worried when the Mibu surround Hotaru.

Natsu nods with a small smile.

"Yea kinda...but their not strong so I guess Hotaru can deal with them."

Meanwhile the Mibu assassin's all attack Hotaru at once.
Hotaru dodges their attacks with ease and after 6 seconds he already killed 4 of the 12.

"Ta, ta, ta, da, one, two, three, four-"

Tsukiko pouts at his answer and she hugs him.

"Aww... I'm sorry..."

She says before watching Hotaru again and she raises her eyebrow at what he says.

"Is this some kind of game to him....?"

Natsu looks down at her with a soft smile but chuckles at her question.

"It is...actually we always play this game.
When we're fighting against a large group...the one with the lowest kills has to do what the others say."

He says with a chuckle while Hotaru keeps fighting and after 5 seconds he kills another five.

"Five, six, seven, eight, oh nine."

Hotaru fights against the assassin's with a bored expression.

"Wow you guys are pretty weak."

Tsukiko looks at him surprised and she looks down sadly.

"Oh...."

She murmurs sounding a little upset while she looks at the dead bodies with a guilty expression.

Natsu looks at her slightly suprised and rubs the back of his neck.

"Well...it's not...like we enjoy it..."
"Lying to your girlfriend?
That isn't so smart.
Why don't you tell her that you enjoy killing people like me!"

Kyo's voice echo's in Natsu's mind and Natsu sighes while Hotaru finishes off the remaining four.
Hotaru turns his sword around and slashes it to the ground before he puts it in his sheath but Natsu raises his eyebrow.

"What's wrong Tsukiko?"

Hotaru whistles while he walks back to Natsu and Tsukiko.

Tsukiko looks up at him sadly but looks down at the bodies again with a shudder.

"It's nothing.... I'm just not comfortable with.... death and stuff like this..."

She says with a sigh before closing her eyes.

"It feels wrong..."

Natsu nods with a sigh.

"Yea your right about that.
But during a fight it's kill or be killed...that's how it has been for years."

He says in a serious tone but shows a sad expression while Hotaru looks at the pair with a serious expression.

"When you draw your sword and you know there is no way out..."

a long pause follows afterwards like he wanted to give a awesome speech but suddenly a bored expression goes across his face.

"Uh...you use that sword....hmmmm..."