As Genma and Kayo walked towards the pancake stand Genma thought about what he might have gotten himself into. On the one hand he was about to spend the next hour or so staring at one of the prettiest girls he'd ever laid eyes on. On the other hand, he'd just found out she was an expert...on pancakes. He hoped he didn't regret this or at least that Raido or one of the guys would come by and rescue him if he needed rescuing.
"So, an expert on pancakes, huh? That sounds interesting. I thought your specialty was chakra control." He was sure he'd heard that she was a taijutsu and chakra control master but no one had ever said anything about pancakes.
"Oh yeah they're fascinating. All sorts of books about them at the library. Unfortunately I've been the victim of a famous Tanaka jutsu- little sister no jutsu." She laughed as it dawned on him that Hikari had been teasing them both while contriving an excuse for them to spend time together.
Genma sighed with relief, so she wasn't some pancake studying freak who would spend the next hour elaborating on the intricacies of them while he fell asleep and hoped for rescue. He had fought a lot of intense battles in his career as a ninja and he was sure that was one he didn't want to face. He had stayed single for a reason. Most girls, even ninja girls, were too wrapped up in being girls and were no fun to spend time with.
They found a table and once their order was placed they picked up their conversation.
"Actually, chakra control is my families specialty. And, if I can say it without sounding too arrogant, I'm pretty good at it. But then you're no slouch yourself on the battlefield."
Genma was pleased that, not only did his reputation precede him, she had bothered to pay attention when his name was mentioned. "Yeah, I can hold my own." No need to lay it on too thick. No one liked an arrogant bastard, even if it was true. "So what are your jutsu's?"
"Well I mostly use my Taijutsu, but I'm nowhere near Gai's level." She said laughing.
He liked her laugh, it was to the point but not one of the creepy stop-on-a-dime laughs.
"I'm a ninjutsu type but I'm decent at taijutsu and genjutsu. What about you?" He asked
"I have a few ninjutsu's." she said, fiddling with her straw wrapper.
"Well what about Genjutsu?"
"Have you ever put peanut butter on your pancakes?" she said quickly.
"Are you avoiding the question?" He asked playfully.
Kayo was quickly losing her temper, so what if she wasn't good at genjutsu!
"Maybe the Tanaka's aren't all they're cracked up to be." he teased.
He had no right to make fun of her like that! Kayo decided that she was going to call him out. "Ok senbon boy! If you're so good lets have a showdown! I bet I can soak you to the bones and if I do you'll have to wear a cabbage leaf in your headband for a whole day."
Genma looked at the fiery pinkette in front of and idly wondered if the wrong child in the Tanaka family had ended up with red hair. Or maybe Hikari's temper was worse? He knew Kakashi was spending more time over there, perhaps he should be warned. "You're on. You won't even be able to lay on finger on me never mind dunk me in the lake."
Kayo looked at him with confidence, he had no idea what he was agreeing to.
