She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
Ahhh Tetsuma really hadn't been thinking that far ahead on the relationship.
It sounds... Really tempting, though.
But - "If you're going to rule the Elemental Nations, you'll need a kage - that's what the head shinobi in the emperor's service used to be called. I think I'd rather be known as your loyal shadow."
"Sounds reasonable. As long as I can kiss my loyal shadow every now and then."
Kiss! "Oh good. And if I couldn't I'd change that law. Because I'd be the queen."
"Usual title's Empress, or daimyo if you're ruling just one nation. But yes you can absolutely make the laws so much more sensible."
So much practicing! By dinnertime, Tetsuma manages to wrangle down the chakra requirement slightly by adding a seal. This transformation feels more stable, too.
Clearly such a breakthrough warrants kisses.
Yes it does! Tetsuma is so talented and good and deserves all the kisses.
So many kisses!
...Tetsuma's managed to pretty thoroughly exhaust himself. He holds back enough chakra to maintain the most basic transformation, but he should probably stop working on development for a while. Kisses and language practice are great, too - he starts trying to convince Dayo that practicing genjutsu around kisses is totally a valid training method. Working with distractions and all that.
Still mostly kisses and hugs and lightly wandering hands, but Tetsuma is definitely applying all of his kunoichi training to this.
Possibly by the first stop, even, if she doesn't mind an illusion that wavers slightly, though definitely by the second stop.
The little fishing village at the first stop is situated amidst numerous lakes and rivers full of creatures that glow faintly in the starlight. They'll stay for what their internal clocks tell them is a day, while Sarati trades and does arcane things on the ship, though no sun rises and the bright stars wander in their own separate patterns.
Tetsuma offers to teach Dayo the beginning of water walking as long as they're there.
"...Yes? It's not all that different from the tree climbing technique, except instead of sticking to a flat surface so you can run up walls, you're pushing off from a moving surface."
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