[b] Alexei Dragunov [/b]

The party ate their food in silence, not much to talk about since they had mostly exhausted whatever small talk they could think off. Kotori had been served a half plate of curry on her request while Alexei and Sagat had ended up devouring two plates of Fried Pork. There was a mini chopstick war on Inoue's plate as all three classmates wrestled for the only fish in the soup before Inoue's mastery shown through and she showed a triumphant grin after she chomped down the fish. Smiles were exchanged and the goofing around continued regardless of being joined by a very well-mannered junior.

"Inoue-san you have to watch your weight!" giggled Sagat as she took a piece of pork from Alexei's plate, she only rolled her eyes in response before laughing.

"On a serious note though, what do you think of today?" Alexei asked in a bit serious tone changing the mood.

"I'll think about it. Don't think you two can get away so easy. I'm sure we can find a way." Inoue replied wishfully.

"You're not getting the point Inoue-san! Fighting a Muay Thai girl or a jiu-jitsu girl won't be that bad. But training with us, sooner or later you can get seriously injured." Sagat said with a hint of concern in his voice. Forgetting that Kotori had joined their little band today and may take a wrong impression from it.

"So you are saying that I'm not good o train along you guys." Inoue said with a hint of mischief. Making a long face to sound convincing.

"You know I'm not saying that Inoue-san!" Sagat retaliated.

"This is no joking matter, Inoue-san" Alexei added in his deep voice, finishing of his plate. "It is not a boy-girl thing. Rather our weight classes and experience is rather different."

"Yeah, yeah I get it. Seriously, you guys are such party poopers." Inoue said in a light tone.

"Inoue-san, people die from foolish mistakes and you are really skirting with danger here. The last thing we want is to hinder your career or in the worst case your life. Believe me, we both are willing to help you improve but the way we have been going about is wrong." Sagat said in a serious tone. The grin vanished from Inoue's face as she observed both her classmate turn serious.

"Sorry, Kotori-chan. You maybe in the dark with all this. We should have talked about something else. Maybe we can make up for this. Do you live near the mall." Alexei asjed the girl who had been silent this whole time. Concentrating quietly on the plate before her.

"I'm gonna walk Inoue-san home and pick my bike from the office before I go to the site. Maybe you can join us if you are willing." he asked her politely.