The Tranquility Of Solitude

"Eck, no! Don't let go yet!" She held Kaminari tighter, almost leaving a mark on the kunoichi's skin. Naka still had no confidence. She never did have any in herself, neither did she have pride. "I'm still not used to this." She continued what she was doing again, her grip slowly loosening. Seiyuuki's tail twitched, and he scratched his face in his sleep.

"You're fine i'm here to help you, i'll keep you safe." Kaminari stated smiling at Naka. "If you don't feel safe or go under the water i'd save you" She said sticking her tounge out at Naka. She then noticed Seiyuuki twiching slighty and non-chalantly looked around making sure nothing was going on whilst trying not to panic Naka.

Naka nodded, fear very clear in her eyes. Anyone who knew her must know that she was easy to determine. Her face always reflected her feelings, and people could read her like an open book. "Make sure you do, Kaminari-san!" Her feet wasn't even touching the river bed any longer. Far from it.

The rose petal was moving around her pants, as if sniffing the material. A soft monkey snore came from Seiyuuki as he dreamed deeply about bananas.

"You're doing really well, I think you should let go." She said happily grinning at Naka "You can trust me to save you if you get in trouble don't worry"

"Gah...Ok-kay..." At first, she didn't let go. And then, slowly, Naka released her grip. She knew she was too trusting, too friendly, and depended on others too much, but she couldn't help it. It was her nature. Naka floated for a while, her hands by her side. Cold water ran along her now-mature body, wetting her underwear and causing them to stick to her skin. Swimming was definitely something she was scared of, and doing it without Aiden was even more scary.

Seiyuuki flipped sides, now sleeping on his stomach. He warmed his monkey butt in the sun, laughing in his sleep. The rose petal in Naka's pants moved to her shirt, sniffing like it did with the bottoms.

"It's ok just do what you were doing before and you'll be able to tred water" Kaminari said trying to encourage Naka. Then she looked up again to make sure nothing suspicious was going on; everything seemed ok so she looked back at Naka and gave her a warm smile.

Naka looked around and nodded. She did as told, continuing her movements moments ago. 'Gyaaaa! Dannadannadannadanna...' She was too busy concentrating she didn't notice she wasn't moving. Some of the water splashed onto her clothes, wetting the petal. It looked like it was shivering, and danced around, making the water slide off its soft curves.

Kaminari laughed turning her head to stop water hitting her face. "See I told you, you could do it!" She shouted enthusiastically to Naka.

"Finally! Yay, I can-"

POOF.

Aiden landed in a heap near Naka's clothes, landing on his back. "Sorry I threw you, Naka, why, you-" He rubbed the dirt off his face and focused his eyes. The hair in front of his mechanical eye was parted, and the ice blue eye eyed the young girl top to toe - even under the water. Aiden jumped back, his eyes widening. "PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON!!!"

Kaminari grabbed Naka's arm incase she paniced. Then gave the guy stood on the bank a dirty look. "Well I guess you're Aiden then. LEAVE THE GIRL ALONE I'M ONLY TEACHING HER TO SWIM BECAUSE YOU NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO!!" She screamed angrily at him.

"Naka...you want to swim?" Aiden asked. He turned around, giving Naka some privacy. It was his first time seeing Naka both bottomless AND shirtless, and the result was very shocking. She looked...surprisingly mature. He hid his mechanical eye again, turning off the X-ray.

"Well...yes...You said you didn't like seeing me in a suit, so you couldn't teach me." Naka was shocked at first, and her body tensed, preventing her from floating. She held onto Kaminari, her grip tight in fear of slipping.

Kaminari felt Naka's grip tighten and grabbed her other arm supporting her. She swam backwards slowly, guiding Naka into more shallow water. She swam until they could both stand up. Kaminari let go of Naka's arms and pulled herself out of the water and headed towards Aiden. She turned and gave Naka a warm smile to try and keep her calm, then walked round Aiden so she could look him in the eye. "Either you let me learn the poor girl to swim and be ok with it; or you do it yourself...ok?" She said calmly but sternly.

Aiden growled, and crossed his arms. "Fine!" He took off his cloak, and his shirt too. Naka blushed and turned around. Aiden worked out, very frequently, but he was neither bulky nor scrawny. Perfect muscles, perfect tendons, perfect smooth, pale skin. He threw the clothes on to the ground, next to Naka's. "I'll show you how to really teach her."

He stomped to Naka, grabbed her arm and led her into deeper water. She stayed near the bed, though, afraid to touch him. "It's o-okay, Danna, Kaminari-san can t-teach me."

"We'll both teach you!"

(ooc: whaaa everyone doesn't like Aiden e.e except Naka and me...)

Kaminari giggled slightly to herself and walked over to the water. "Bit cocky there aren't we" She said smirking at Aiden. She got into the water and swam up behind Naka and whispered in her ear "Don't be scared i'm still here just relax. Have fun."

Naka nodded, and her muscles relaxed.

"Oi, what are you talking about there? And I'm not cocky. I'm me." Aiden swam towards the two girls, making sure to only look at their faces. "Naka, come on..." Aiden took her hand, and she jumped back, squealing. Naka hugged Kaminari, like a scared child would do to a mother.

Kaminari laughed slightly and hugged Naka but lifter her up. "Come on...." She said wading through the water to take her deeper. She turned her head to Aiden "Be comforting not forceful...people learn better that way." She stated smirking at him.

Aiden rolled his eyes and followed. He was way taller than both of them. "I'll try, then. Naka, you okay?" He pat her head and put a hand on her back.

"Waaaa!" Naka hugged Kaminari, even tighter, crying chibi tears. Aiden had touched her underwear. "I - um- ah...er..."

Kaminari giggled to herself a bit hugging Naka. She looked over to Aiden and mouthed "Ok...err...I think you might be making her a bit uncomfortable maybe" and smiled. She swam a bit further out into a bit deeper water away from Aiden and whispered in Naka's ear again "Ok just do what we were doing before, try not to think about the fact he's here ok?"

"...but...I can feel his eyes, Kaminari-san..." Naka shivered and looked down at the water. Sure enough, Aiden was staring at her. He saw her shiver and blushed faintly, turning around. Naka glanced at him and continued her learning, but still wary.

Kaminari giggled to herself again and smiled at Naka to try and make her feel better. "If you want you can put my dress on and swim in that so you feel more comfortable, It should kinda fit you're taller than me." She quietly offered.

"Um...uh...Okay..." Naka gently swam towards their clothes. Aiden turned away from her, his head lowered. Naka quickly put on Kaminari's dress and swam straight to her, almost colliding with her. Aiden peeked at Naka and swam towards the girls, making sure she was covered. He had enough fantasies without another one being added to the list. "...bathtub..."

Kaminari quickly shot her gaze to Aiden. "I don't even wanna know what the hell you're talking about" She said and began laughing quite a lot. "Ok then Mr. teach since you think you're so much better than me" She said smirking.

"...nah, I was just thinking of having a nice...hot...steamy bath later." He took Naka's hand, gently, and kissed it like a gentleman would. He was using his flirty personality. "Come on, you know I bite, Naka."

Naka gulped, sweating nervously. She hadn't seen that persona in a long, LONG time. "Okay, D-danna..." She gave Kaminari one scared look before Aiden let go of her hand and swam away from them at top speed. "H-hey, wait, Danna..." Naka swam too, but not so fast.

Just as she was about to reach him, Aiden swam back to their original place. Naka did the same thing, panting when she reached them. "See? I got her to swim two laps already," Aiden said, and pat Naka's head.

Kaminari just laughed and gentley shook her head. "Fine, you teach her" She said giving Naka a reassuring smile and climbed ot of the water. She sat crossed legged right next to the stream and smiled at Naka again. "If you need me just shout.....Jesus Christ I picked the wrong underwear to put on today" She laughed; trying to pull her bra up a bit more to cover herself.

'NUUUUU!!! KAMINARI-SAN, DON'T GOOOO!!!' "B-but...um..." Naka blushed, looking around frantically. It was never good for her if Aiden was using that persona.

"Okay, let's start..." Aiden began explaining to her how to swim. Naka listened carefully and nodded when he asked her if she understood. "Good." He kissed her cheek, making sure to poke her with his fang.

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Naka swam all the way to Kaminari on land, shivering.

"...perfect breast stroke." Aiden smirked and crossed his arms.