She found him sitting beside a tree, wondering if he's listening to the birds chirping in the mellow breeze of November air. She didn't know how long she'd been standing and staring at his back, for some reason, she's worried of approaching him.
But then he might have sensed someone behind him because after a few minutes, he turned his head and saw her. She saw the recognition in his eyes, and something else that she couldn't name, something strong and unyielding... like he wanted to pierce her with those eyes. She felt a sudden chill and unknowingly embrace herself tight.
she thought of herself as an idiot... geez, it's just him. Why am i feeling like i did something wrong? and why is he staring like that?
She sighed defiantly thinking that she's not guilty of anything as she threaded her way and sat next to him.
"So," trying to open a conversation, " What did Captain Yamamoto tell you?"
His eyes left hers as he picked a wooden stick and drew something on the ground.
"He wants me to train with him and--"
She stopped him abruptly by her overwhelming 'wow' response, trying to lighten up the tension between them.
"That's great! trainings with Captain Yamamoto has been well-known. He'll teach you what he knows about battle and everything beyond that. You should consider every minute as important as--" then she stopped,as the man stared at her again with those piercing eyes again and for some reason, she felt that awkward chill again.
She trembled and felt stupid doing that, What in the world's happening to me?
She looked away and tried to fix her expression, preparing a good rebuttal as to why she just did that.
She's almost ready to face him back when she heard him whisper...
"Who's Kaien?"