relaxing at the hot springs

Zodiark had sneaked into the stone village past the village guards and had just entered the hot springs. after getting undressed and hiding his clothes he walked out into the night and the steamy air and took a deep breath before sighing and saying to himself "i heard that the stone had the best hot springs, guess it's true" he looked around at the beautiful scenery for a moment before taking off his towel and lowering himself into the hot cloudy water

miyuki was already in the hotsprings and was laying her chin on a projuring rock. " i see your lured here too..."

he again sighed as he laid his head against a rock and rolled it over to see miyuki "well after everything i've done i think i deserve to relax every once in a while, anyway, i'm glad to say that it's nice to sit and relax with my new partner and right hand woman"

miyuki sat up and yawned. they were both lucky that the water was clouded. " as long as i get to run my claw through kis neck again, im fine."

Kitaro walked over to the hot springs and sat by the side. He had already come up with a story if he was caught by Wes Mang. He noticed the 2 akatsuki and ignored them for the moment and continued to sit beside the water.

"you can do whatever you want to ki, i won't stop you, the only thing i ask is that you at least wait"

miyuki noticed kitaro at once. out of habit she called out. " good day chikage." (red means different language)

"come now miyuki, must you talk to him in that language, you know i don't understand it" he looked over at kitaro and said "and as for you, you can't hide very well"

Kitaro lifted his head towards Miyuki after hearing the willow language. He responded with a short laugh. "hello Miyuki how are you doing?"

miyuki turned to kitaro. "im fine. just annoyed." she repeated the same sentence in english.

"well i'm sure whatever it is that is annoying you can wait until you are finished relaxing" he waved over an attendant and ordered a bottle of warm sake for each of them

"hm." she took half a cup and mixed bottled water in to make the sake less strong.

"Zodiark ordered me a bottle of sake. Something is definatly wrong here." Kitaro laughed and ripped off the top. He took a big swig and put the bottle on his knee.

"what makes you think that i would not try to allow everyone to have a chance at a good time" he took a sip from his cup and eyed kitaro oddly "or did you forget that i wasn't always the bad guy"

"I tend to think more on the moment than this history of the people involved." Kitaro said as he closed one eye and layed down on his back right outside the hotspring.

miyuki set down her cup and put a cold towel on her head so she wouldnt fall asleep. " we all have different perspectives of what is 'good' or 'bad'."

zodiark laughed and said "well i'm sure i've told you both already, i'm whatever the world needs me to be, whether that is good or bad, i leave that up to others to decide"

"yeah youve told me that" Kitaro took another big gulp of sake and slammed it down next to him. He sat up and looked into the hotsprings but not at either zodiark or miyuki. He just stared off at the water.

miyuki wrinkled her nose. " yes, we need to restore balance of the evil side. but which side is that?" miyuki closed her eyes, she was getting dizzy.

"at this time, i need to introduce some chaos into the system as for you" he looked over at miyuki "i'll leave what you want to do in your hands, i'm in no place to say what you are to do with your life"

"so nice of you zodiark but anyways before my being here starts a war." Kitaro stood up mid sentece "i better get out of here. This Tsuchi will probably send his troops at me if i stay any longer." KItaro stood up to his full height and teleported off back to the hidden cloudl.

"so long" he said into the open air as he waved a hand slightly before turning back to miyuki "so do tell, what have you been up to since my departure from the cloud"

"training, trianing and....hm. i almost killed my comrades when they pissed me off but thats about it." she said, looking at her hand. there were black fresh burnmarks all along her arm.

"you really should try to relax more, you're gonna burn yourself out if you don't tone it down" he took another sip of sake once he notice the burns

miyuki tried to lower her heartbeat. " hm. what have you been doing?"