Hidden Villages

I: Cougar

During his time at the academy Darui carefully watched his fellow students. His impression of C was a shinobi with a pretty face, but dull personality. He'd sit lazing about the classroom and overhear the female shinobi gossiping about his fine looks, yet the male shinobi talked about how much of a stick in the mud C was regarding things such as duty.

He never expected his partner would be such a dull person, but the Raikage didn't do things for no reason. It didn't surprise him to hear C know about certain clans kidnapping children with abilities from other villages, but finding out C wasn't a virgin did. While C was popular during their time at academy Darui never heard anything about any of the female shinobi's having their crushes on C reciprocated.

This was even more shocking given the naivety C showed regarding what someone would automatically assume given what C said regarding the shinobi who tried kidnapping a Konagakure child. C wasn't even sure how the conversation switched to talking about his sex life, let alone the fact Darui was actually attempting to comment on the fact C was super straight-laced when it came to duty.

Darui thus found himself paired with one of the most boring partners he'd ever had. A few days passed since the Raikage paired him with his new partner and he found himself stuck in the library. On the positive side he found the table at which he lounged a rather comfortable place to take a nap and conserve energy, but he also found his nap interrupted by C talking about the research he was working on.

"They've not searched there."

"What are we talking about again?" Darui let out a groan, but let his eyes roll into the back of his head.

"I was actually doing the talking while you were doing the snoring."

"Did you just try and make a joke?"

"No. Why would I joke about you snoring."

"So in other words you think I'm lazy."

"No. I simply think research is not your thing."

"Sorry that I find research dull."

"You don't need to apologize."

"Come on. The Raikage sent the two of us to do some research, though what I honestly can't remember."

"My job is to do the research and yours is to keep an eye out."

"You're not questioning the fact I'm likely to not keep an eye out napping like I am."

"The Raikage wouldn't have selected you as a personal bodyguard if that is true."

Darui smirked. "Are you a little miffed that being his personal bodyguard constitutes this kind of work?"

"Not really. The Raikage is one of the strongest in our village, but it would cause a major political imbalance if..."

"Okay, I don't need an explanation C."