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[h1][s]Kiku[/s][/h1][/center]

Her ears picked up Kurin's light words about the tower mission, she snapped her fingers and nodded - [color=a187be]"You're right," [/color]Kiku agreed and smiled slamming a fist into her other hand. An "ah-hah" moment, [color=a187be]"I knew there was somewhere else I knew you from". [/color]As her mind wandered back to the successful mission, she felt Shizuka's presence coming towards her again. Readying herself for another face to face - he clearly was the kind that had no boundaries. Her head turned slightly as he began to speak, her mouth slightly dropping at what came out next.

She may of well have fallen, except on her face this time with his comment. [i]'Cloudy Eyes,'[/i] she felt herself mentally sink into a hole. Kiku had completely accepted the fact that in close to 11 years she'd be 100% blind, but the occasional comment towards her eyes made her apprehensive to ever showing her face in public again. Her face, that was revealed, twisted into a look of smelling something sour. In her mind she sulked away to a corner, trying to figure how to recover from the assumed jab at her eyes. In reality the girl just shook the boys hand, her body tense - not sure of its next move. An exasperated sigh left her mouth, but her mood slowly shifted positively as she noticed how genuine the exuberant boy was being. Since her world was currently enwrapped in darkness, all her other senses heightened to notice the positive mood of the Shinobi - not feeling any negativity radiate from him. Her face flushed again, and she leaned forward towards him this time [color=a187be]"Because you're just..it's just...you...I...." [/color]She stumbled over her words, and then let out a distressed sigh, shaking her head. [color=a187be]"I wasn't expecting you to get so close.....and I don't think I can exactly [I]teach[/I] you this..."[/color] She turned her face away from his, leaning back and standing tall trying to combat the red that this boy was instilling in her face.

Kiku wasn't even sure if he was trying to compliment her, or be rude with a backhanded compliment. But his comment about looking at clouds all day left her wondering. Suddenly, her composure changed from stiff and crossed arm to holding her stomach and letting out a pretty nice sized laugh. [color=a187be]"Fight crime?" [/color]She laughed again, and smirked at him. She hadn't encountered a personality as diverse as his, and was now coming to terms with the fact that the boy possibly meant no harm. [color=a187be]"Maybe I can show you sometime...."[/color] She clicked her tongue, and pointed at her mouth, [color=a187be]"Echolocation. Like a bat". [/color]Her hands moved out to the sides, and she made little wing like motions. Kiku decided to play it out, and feel Shizuka out - his personality was one she hadn't encountered before and he seemed to be a sincere boy. Her attention then turned back to Kurin as he began to speak of the 4th member, she nodded in conjunction with his choice. Familiar with this boy as well, this would be an interesting team. Kiku opened her mouth to say something, but it was then that Shinko appeared, and they disappeared.



[B][H1]The Challenge[/H1][/B]

Her confidence soared, upon their entrance to the room, Kiku smiled - her hands on her hips in a prideful pose. The darkness, her old friend, one she had been slow-dancing with since she was 8 years old. Her mask was still on her face, but she had pulled it down momentarily to asses the start of their exam. She quickly let out a few clicks, and sauntered forward raising her head towards the roof - she was stiff for a moment letting all the echo's bounce and come back to her. The room began to take shape in her head, [color=a187be]"It's not a very big room," [/color]She noted, and turned her head as if she was looking around [color=a187be]"But this is weird...". [/color]Bending down towards the floor, her mane flowed over her body and piled onto the floor - she rapped her knuckles against the structure they were standing on. The sound rang in her ears, and clearly it was not earth, the sound that came back earlier from her clicks caught her attention. Kiku turned her head to Kurin, hearing her name and nodded [color=a187be]"Gotcha".[/color] Her hand was still on the floor as her fingers grazed the lines. Kurin seemed to be taking on the role as squad leader, and Kiku was completely fine with this - she let out another click this time to readjust the mental map of the room as Kurin had changed its already painted image in her head with his trees and limbs. [color=a187be]"Anyone else sensing anything?"[/color].